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Old 03-26-2005, 06:55 PM   #1
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setup printer without Xwindows


hi there,

how can I setup my printer without Xwindows? it is a parallel port Epson printer. what command line I should run to set it up.

Thanks in advance.
 
Old 03-26-2005, 07:28 PM   #2
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CUPS and lprng conflict with each other, so in order to use CUPS you must uninstall lprng by running 'removepkg lprng;removepkg apsfilter'

from here you have two options.. you can

a) go through /etc/cups/cupsd.conf with a text editor, and find the right place to enable remote configuration (its setup for localhost only by default). this way you can use internet explorer/firefox/whatever from another computer and access the web interface to configure.

b) alternatively, leave the cupsd.conf file alone and configure through links (console browser). i havent tried this, but it should work.

once you've done one of the above, you can:

1) Run 'chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.cups;/etc/rc.d/rc.cups start' to start cupsd, and to have it run upon boot
2) configure by web interface
 
Old 03-27-2005, 05:37 PM   #3
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Smile

Please, don't write "Xwindows", but "Xwindow" or "X-Window" or "xwindow" or any other spelling, but not with that "s". It sounds offensive...

edit: you can also say just "X"!

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Old 09-29-2011, 06:42 AM   #4
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For most problems in Linux, the solution can be very simple (i.e. forgetting to connect the printer to the computer or forgetting to power up the printer). Here are some tutorials that I found useful when configuring printing in Linux (Slackware). I was able to configure my laser printer with CUPs as a shared via Samba so that computers on my LAN could print. Also I was able to configure older version of Linux (Slackware) with APSFILTER to share printer over network via Samba and all computers on my LAN could print

http://www.gen.horizon-host.com/linux.php

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Old 10-02-2011, 06:04 PM   #5
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CUPS provides a host of command line tools. The X web GUI is easier, but everything you can do in the GUI has a command line utility. CUPS documentation: http://www.cups.org/documentation.php?VERSION=1.5. Perhaps the administrators manual will help: http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sam.html

(hint: lpadmin)
 
Old 10-02-2011, 07:51 PM   #6
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You can access the CUPS web interface using a command line browser e.g. links or lynx
Try 'lynx http://localhost:631"
You will need to have the CUPS server running. As root, 'sh /etc/rc.d/rc.cups start'. Make sure that /etc/rc.d/rc.cups is executable if you want the server to start at boot.
 
Old 10-03-2011, 03:37 AM   #7
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