Printer Configuration

[Chuck Allison]

Hello Hans,

Monday, May 5, 2003, 6:42:44 PM, you wrote:

HF> Chuck,

HF> It sounds to me like the issue is what is being sent to the printer. In
HF> printing issues narrowing it down like this is a big first step. That's
HF> good. However, if things get off-the-wall frustrating it might be worth
HF> hooking the printer up to the linux box directly and seeing if that
HF> works better. In which case it would be samba's fault after all.

HF> Have you tried cups? I have personally preferred LPRng in the past, but
HF> I did give cups a try again just earlier today and I am more impressed
HF> with it now than I was last time I tried.

To be honest, I was assuming LPRng was in use, but I don't know. I
used the Printing GUI tool in Gnome to set up the printer, and I don't
see an option to say whether CUPS or LPRng is being used (or does the
GUI use one or the other by default?). I know that both printing
services are installed. How do I go about using cups? Thanks.

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 Chuck Allison (The Harmonious CodeSmith)
 Senior Editor, C/C++ Users Journal
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