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Saturn
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 31 May 2002
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 Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2002 11:24 pm Post subject: Help to configure my HP DeskJet 420 |
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Hello,
OK, I followed the instructions from http://www.gentoo.org/doc/printing-howto.html.
Code listing 7 show me I should configure my printer similar to that:
# foomatic-configure -s cups -p printer ID -c print_device -n queue name -d hpijs
# mv /etc/foomatic/your.new.ppd /etc/cups/ppd
I can't find my "printer ID"? What is "print_device" and "queue name" ?
My printer uses a parallel port.
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haidar
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Joined: 10 Sep 2002
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2002 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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if you didn't install cups, please do so then also install gimp-print-cups.
then you to the cups web page http://127.0.0.1:631 , add your printer. I just checked that the HP deskjet 400's are supported.
good luck
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kybber
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Joined: 25 Jun 2002
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Location: Trondheim, Norway
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| Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Help to configure my HP DeskJet 420 |
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| Saturn wrote: |
# foomatic-configure -s cups -p printer ID -c print_device -n queue name -d hpijs
# mv /etc/foomatic/your.new.ppd /etc/cups/ppd
I can't find my "printer ID"? What is "print_device" and "queue name" ?
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Printer ID is explained in the howto:
| Quote: | | Note: For the printer ID, foomatic is expecting an ID out of its database located in /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer. You must find your printer ID, and use its exact name. Remember that it is case sensitive. |
So take a peek into the directory given and find the closest match to your printer.
print_device is how the printer is connected. This could be a samba-connection (-c smb:user:password@some.server.somewhere/Printername) or, in your case, probably -c file:/dev/lp0.
queue_name is the name of the queue you wish to have for your printer. You mat want to call it just HP, HPDJ, HPDJ420, PS1, Myprinter or whatever you'd like. To print to the printer, if it's not the default one, you reference the queue name thusly: lpr -Pqueue_name filename.
man foomatic-configure would also be a good thing to try  |
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