Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-21 Thread Peter Volkov (pva)
On Птн, 2006-01-20 at 08:55 -0800, maxim wexler wrote: > According to the Gentoo Printing Guide -> Installing > the Printer, I'm to go to http://localhost:631 and > then click on "Administration". Well, there's "Do > Administrative Tasks", so I clicked on that. The guide > says to "enter root logi

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:55:17 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: > And can somebody explain the need to use http to set > up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC > *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that > localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it > seems a bit much. Leavi

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-21 Thread b.n.
maxim wexler wrote: Because you have the same interface to set up a printer on your, your neighbours' and your 10.000-km-away pen pal. so? So you don't have to write two (if you are a developer) or learn to use two (if you are an end user). Can you explain me the need to not use http

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-21 Thread maxim wexler
> Because you have the same interface to set up a > printer on your, your > neighbours' and your 10.000-km-away pen pal. so? Can you > explain me the need > to not use http for your own config and using it for > external configs, > while you can have a single configuration app? > No I can'

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-20 Thread Manuel McLure
On Friday 20 January 2006 15:46, Statux wrote: > I, personally, refuse to use CUPS because I can't get it to do raw > text-only printing (ala my Oki Microline 320 Turbo). I use LPRng > instead :/ This is definitely possible with CUPS - just create a queue and select "Raw" for make and "Raw Queue"

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-20 Thread Statux
I, personally, refuse to use CUPS because I can't get it to do raw text-only printing (ala my Oki Microline 320 Turbo). I use LPRng instead :/ Anyone with different results? On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 23:27 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:52:39 +, b.n. wrote: > > > > And can

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:52:39 +, b.n. wrote: > > And can somebody explain the need to use http to set > > up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC > > *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that > > localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it > > seems a bit much. > > Becau

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-20 Thread b.n.
And can somebody explain the need to use http to set up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it seems a bit much. Because you have the same interface to set up a printer on your, your neigh

Re: [gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-20 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 20 janvier à 17:55:17 maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrit notamment: | And can somebody explain the need to use http to set | up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC | *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that | localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it | seems a bit

[gentoo-user] trouble with CUPS

2006-01-20 Thread maxim wexler
Hello everybody, According to the Gentoo Printing Guide -> Installing the Printer, I'm to go to http://localhost:631 and then click on "Administration". Well, there's "Do Administrative Tasks", so I clicked on that. The guide says to "enter root login and password" into the box but the box only a