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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:48:11 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> I can get to the printers page on the server's Cups' GUI: |
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>> http://192.168.1.59:631/printers |
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>> It gives me a long, ugly descriptive name for the printer so I tried: |
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>> lpr -P HP_PSC_1600_series_USB_1 optimize_mythdb.sh |
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> You may want to add the printer again in CUPS, this time using a better |
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> name. The CUPS web interface doesn't provide for renaming printers, |
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> so either re-install it or try editing /etc/cups/printers.conf. I've not |
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> tried the latter,but I expect it would work if you stopped cupsd first. |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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Just finished doing that. Now lpr -P HP1600 file.name works fine. |
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Still looking for info on this <RAW print queue> thing. |
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I've tried adding a printer on my Vista laptop using Willie's |
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suggested setup but so far it doesn't contact the Linux printer. |
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Probably I need the RAW thing setup before that will work. |
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- Mark |
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