On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:10:20 +0100 Tommy Bongaerts <tommy.bongae...@drumscum.be> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 02:26:56AM +0100, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > Zach Uram wrote: > > > I got an HP Deskjet 960c printer for Christmas and would like to set > > > it up in Debian testing, but I've never setup a printer in Linux > > > before. What should I do? > > > > For a beginner, one of the easiest ways to setup a new printer is to use > > the printer setup utility that KDE or Gnome offers. > > I'd go with the advice of apt-getting hplip, which will pull in CUPS. > Then I'd use the CUPS webbased interface on localhost:631. It provides > the same interface from KDE, Gnome or any other wm/de. > for hp printers it's easiest with hp-setup which takes care of everything better than using cups directly if you're no expert with printer setup. Will also automatically detect network printers. The hp-gui can be a pain because it automatically starts the hp panel icon which never docs into the panel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
