Laura Rudmin said: >>what does /etc/printcap look like? >> >> > > lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ > :pl#66 > :pw#80 > :pc#150:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh:
this is likely the source of the problem. many programs use /etc/printcap to find out how to print. This is NOT a cups printcap file. a cups printcap file looks like: lp: where lp is the name of the printer, thats it! nothing else. sounds like you have 2 print spoolers installed and depending on how you print depends on which spooler gets called. so I would suggest: remove all software such as: magicfilter, apsfilter, lpr, lprng (apt-get --purge remove magicfilter apsfilter lpr lprng) be sure cups and the needed drivers are installed, for my epson I use the gimp-print driver(yours may be different but gimp-print has a TON of drivers so chances are fairly good it supports it, if not there are others ..) these are the cups packages I have: cupsys install cupsys-bsd install cupsys-client install cupsys-driver-gimpprint install cupsys-pstoraster install libcupsys2 install libqtcups2 install qtcups install (apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd ..etc..etc..) once all of that is installed, point your webbrowser to http://localhost:631 (you must be on the machine that has the cups attached to it I believe or you will be deined access by default, you can change this behavior in the config files located in /etc/cups). You will need the root password, add a new printer(if there is one already, delete it I suggest to start from scratch). I checked my driver list and the HP 1120C is available in the gimp-print drivers. so it should work. once the printer is added, click the print test page, with any luck you should get a full color test page from CUPS. if that works, I reccomend one of 2 things 1) edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf look for the printcap line and change it to point to /etc/printcap instead of /etc/printcap.cups 2) or make a symlink, cd /etc ; ln -s printcap.cups printcap (restart cups with /etc/init.d/cupsys restart if you do #1) after that things should work a bit better I think. good luck! nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
