This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said: > hello all! > > this is a question that comes from a windows user shifting to linux. > > i have debian 3.0 installed, up and running. > > i recently have attached an hp710c printer to the lpt1 port. and i do > not have any set-up cds, floppies, etc.
Be aware that lpt1 = lp0 in linux. Real geeks begin couning at zero (^8. You shouldn't need any drivers for this printer. I think lpr, lprng, and CUPS all have good default ppd's for it. > windows way of 'installing' the printer would be to add printer in > printer folder and so on. > > how do i do it in linux? is there a simple way of doing it? Start at linuxprinting.org - they have fairly comprehensive overviews of the various print systems available. Overall, I recommend CUPS for someone just beginning (That does not mean it is limited, though). It has a very easy web interface for configuration. > and how do i 'install' networed printers? printers connected to our > lan that runs on winnt? > > can i choose default printer, etc like i used to do in windows? If something is connected to a Win box, you'll want to look into the various parts of samba - there's smbclient, IIRC a client for printing, etc. For the future, apt-cache search 'topic (printing|mail|etc)' will return some useful results. Google will help elaborate. HTH, Steve -- I hate it when my foot falls asleep during the day cause that means it's going to be up all night. -- Steven Wright
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