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On Mar 8, 2010, at 10:54 PM, ubiquitous1980 wrote: |
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> Roy, without being presumptuous, I would say that using D.E. (Desktop |
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> Environment) tools for printing are not the best because of |
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> inconsistency in layout and authentication problems. My suggestion is |
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> to open up your web browser and use localhost:631 in the address bar to |
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> access CUPS and do it this way. My line of reasoning is that you want |
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> consistency, which is what you get with this method. Printers |
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> configured in this way are available in your chosen D.E. In my |
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> use-case, I have an HP usb printer which can connect via cat 6 cable and |
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> I also use KDE 4.3. I have configured the printer with CUPS via a web |
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> browser and have few issues. |
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> I trust that helps. |
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> Damien |
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I agree, but am wanting to give kde 4.4.1 a try at handling the printer just to see if it can do it. Currently the answer is either no or I haven't found a required configuration change. |
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Thank you, |
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Roy |
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