Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-17 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:20:06 +0200 "Leif B. Kristensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The trick was to define it as an "AppSocket/JetDirect" printer in the > cups interface, (which I eventually got working,) and use the static > IP-address in the Device URI, like "socket://192.168.0.20:9100/". If

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-15 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 03:49:17PM -0700, Ernest Johanson wrote: > Glad to hear you got things working. To solve the staircase issue, use > a2ps to print text files. Will need to pipe output through unix2dos also. Why not just use enscript? One command generates nicely formated PS output that is

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-15 Thread Ernest Johanson
Glad to hear you got things working. To solve the staircase issue, use a2ps to print text files. Will need to pipe output through unix2dos also. > Thanks to all of you. Someday, I'll take a deeper look at the more > classical printer confguration, too. I tried it, but after a staircase > printout

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Leif B. Kristensen
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:04:18 +0200, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Somehow the installation seems to have failed. Please check the status of >the cups packages: > >dpkg --get-selections | grep cups >should at least show: > >cupsys install >cups

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Ernest Johanson
Sorry for the mistake below. The right manapge is printcap. > Read the man page for lpr. There's lots of options, but you likely will > only need a few of them. Here's a sample from a server here: > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Ernest Johanson
Leif, You can accomplish this using the lpr/lpd facility that is likely already installed. There were some security issues with lpd awhile back, so you may want to make sure you have the latest pacakges for the Debian version you're running. Read the man page for lpr. There's lots of options, bu

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Leif B. Kristensen wrote: > I've run > > get-apt install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client foomatic-bin hpijs > > and got a lot of things installed. The program asked me for default > paper size, and suggested A4, which I happily accepted. After that, > nothing much happened, but the instal

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 08:45:00PM +0200, Leif B. Kristensen wrote: > lynx: Can't access startfile http://localhost:631/ > > Neither can I access it from my remote console. How do I start it? I've > succeeded in stopping the lpd service by executing /etc/init.d/lpd stop > -- but when I try the obv

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Leif B. Kristensen
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:52:58 -0400, Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I recommend cups. It works very well and is easy to set up. Once >installed simply open localhost:631 in any web browser and you can set >up your printer. I've run get-apt install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client foo

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 07:46:11PM +0200, Leif B. Kristensen wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to Debian and to this list. I've successfully installed Woody on > an old Pentium (133MHz, 128 MB RAM, 2x4GB HD) and set it up as an > experimental web server behind my firewall. I have not cared to set up > any GUI

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Leif B. Kristensen escribio el 14/07/03 19:46: I've worked a lot with UNIX administration, but I have no experience with printer installation. The howtos that I have been able to find on the net so far, seem mostly to deal with installation of parallel printers, and with the use of some GUI tool. C

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 07:46:11PM +0200, Leif B. Kristensen wrote: > I've worked a lot with UNIX administration, but I have no experience > with printer installation. The howtos that I have been able to find on > the net so far, seem mostly to deal with installation of parallel > printers, and wi

Re: TCP/IP printing under Debian

2003-07-14 Thread Bijan Soleymani
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