Is there an alternative for X11 (no gnome/no kde) of KPRINTER?

frenchn00b · 01-10-2010, 04:39 AM

Here is a shot of this great program: http://yellowprotoss.ye.funpic.org/w...r/kprinter.png
but is there something like this when no gnome/no kde is installed for dsl, puppylinux, tinycore... or fluxbox installations?

Regards

stefansbv · 01-10-2010, 04:57 AM

No, it's not possible, X11 is the base on which KDE, Gnome or
other GUI widget tool kits and desktop environments are build.

"X is primarily a protocol and graphics primitives definition and
it deliberately contains no specification for application user
interface design, such as button, menu, or window title bar
styles."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

Update: Obviously, I misunderstood the question

craigevil · 01-10-2010, 05:04 AM

Sure use the CUPS interface using your web browser, just point it at > http://localhost:631/ works as long as the cups server is running.

frenchn00b · 01-10-2010, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigevil

Sure use the CUPS interface using your web browser, just point it at > http://localhost:631/ works as long as the cups server is running.

For normal users, which are coming from windows XP, they find cups too complicated and often give up. Isnt there something more simple and straightforward, that also would not require root permissions?

cantab · 01-10-2010, 01:19 PM

Installing printers requires configuring CUPS, which in turn normally requires root permissions. I'm not sure if you can get round that; it might be possible if you fiddle around with groups and file permissions.

The latest CUPS web interface is very slick. If your users can use eBay and Facebook, they should be able to learn how to use the CUPS web interface, perhaps given fairly simple instructions.

10110111 · 01-10-2010, 01:33 PM

Try system-config-printer. It's a python script. It may be not as feature rich as kprinter though.

frenchn00b · 01-10-2010, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cantab

Installing printers requires configuring CUPS, which in turn normally requires root permissions. I'm not sure if you can get round that; it might be possible if you fiddle around with groups and file permissions.

I checked there is no

Code:

 adduser username printer

The latest CUPS web interface is very slick. If your users can use eBay and Facebook, they should be able to learn how to use the CUPS web interface, perhaps given fairly simple instructions.

well, they are used to kde and windows. I tried already, ... seems not easy. Although they arent root permissions given