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Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes: |
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> So, thanks for the email, it brought me back to sanity. |
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A few things to remember. Always check that cupsd is running. |
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(# rc-status). You may need to stop and start the cupsd. |
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Go to the /etc/cups dir and make a second copy of the *.conf files |
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and any others that you use. I give mine a .date <actual date> |
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string, so as to make recovery trivial in the future. Also it's |
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easy to 'scp' those files around to machines if/when necessary. |
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The cups gui interface just modifies those files. |
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Last, become familar with http://localhost:631/ |
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to use the everychanging cups interface to manage your |
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networked and printing resources. |
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If you have HP printers, install this: net-print/hplip |
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One last nuance with cups. Sometimes cupsd is running but the cups |
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software has stop printing. Go to the admin section of cups |
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(http://localhost:631/) and just start the printer again; it's |
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a bug_anomoly I have seen too many times. |
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Really, it's not that difficult with these tidbits to manage and recover |
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functional printing. Using dbus as a flag setting never hurts either |
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and check your cups flag settings. Use the ethernet port in lieu |
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of the usb port, imho, if you have both on any given printer...... |
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hth, |
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James |
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