T wrote:
Hi,
The new cupsys in Etch does not work for me, while the old cupsys in Sarge
works perfectly. After switching to Etch, I've had 3 attempts trying to make
it works, but failed 3 times. (My latest attempt and problem logged at:
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s3095+gcups.bugs+v3104+T0 )
Suddenly it occurs to me that in Sarge, I am using gimpprint driver, while
now I'm trying the gutenprint driver, and I do know that people are not
using the gutenprint, to avoid the trouble, while looking for answer to my
problems.
Yes, Cupsys and Gutenprint are not getting along in Etch. I had to pull
my hair out for a few weeks on this, until finally someone on this list
confirmed that I wasn't the only one, identified the problem and filed
it as a bug report.
This has been fixed in Sid and I am sure the fix will move in to Etch
soon. You can either upgrade to the version in Sid or wait it out. The
version in Sid is working fine for me.
If you don't want to mix your system and can't wait, you can also use
the web interface to point Cupsys to your drivers. Rough guide:
1. Use locate to find your printers PPD file
2. Go to http://localhost:631
and create a new printer
3. When it gives you the option, instead of selecting a printer from the
list,
browse to the the ppd file you found in step 1.
Luckily the gimpprint driver set is still in Etch:
cupsys-driver-gimpprint - printer drivers for CUPS
foomatic-db-gimp-print - linuxprinting.org printer support - database for
Gimp-Print printer drivers
gimp-print - print plugin for the GIMP
gimpprint-doc - Users' Guide for Gimp-Print and CUPS
gimpprint-locales - Locale data files for Gimp-Print
libgimpprint1 - The Gimp-Print printer driver library
So I removed all foomatic/cupsys related package and re-install the 4th
time. But to my surprise, I see no gimpprint driver, but only the gutenprint
driver that didn't work for me. So here is my question,
For cupsys in Etch, is it possible to use gimpprint driver instead of
gutenprint?
The gimpprint package in Etch is just an empty package that depends on
gutenprint since the name was changed.
Good luck,
Matthew
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