> Good morning! > > I've a hp deskjet 845c usb printer connected to a debian unstable (kernel > 2.4.17) box. I compiled in usb support and usb printer support. I have > /dev/usb/lp0 (I\m also usin devfsd if that matters). How do I print now ? > > anyway, as > doing printing with linux is one thing I've not yet done, and something > that looks really strange and not-that straightforward I'd like to ask > some help. I've heard that cupsys is something that's good, and that's > all. How do I get this printer up and running with debian and how do I > share it with other widnows machines on my net using samba ? any > howtos/quick quides etc ? > There are no quick guides...I've a very similiar setup and am just getting it working.
Step 1: apt-get install cupsys cupsys-client cupsys-bsd Step 2: www.cups.org - read the section in the documentation for administrators for setting up a HP printer. Step 3: post problems to debian-user ;-) Patrick
