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Hi. I have an HP DeskJet 640C. It's detected by Linux since it appears under UHCI Controller (1) in kinfocenter when I turn it on. But still I can't print. How do I configure it in kprinter. Thanks.
Open Konqueror
launch the print job from any file (a text file is ok), then a window will open.
At the right side of "printer name" the second button will startt a Wizard.
Follow instructions..... it will be very easy.
I suggest you configure your printer by the web browser as indicated by CUPS instructions (localhost:631), as it allows you to configure the printer much more easely when you move to a different desktop environment
Just one problem that I ran into that you may already be aware of, but if you are going to use cups you can't have lpd installed. And I believe both are installed with a full slackware install.
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|| Just one problem that I ran into that you may already be aware of,
|| but if you are going to use cups you can't have lpd installed.
Can you explain this? I'm really new to Linux and this might eliminate some of my (massive) confusion. 8^)
I installed a printer (hp laserjet 1300 on Fedora Core 1) and it workes fine.
Does CUPS take the place of lpd?
What's the difference between lp and lpr? I used to use lp long ago on UNIX. They both seem to work fine on Fedora.
Cups replaces lprng. Both work fine. You can have only one running. For starters, at a console or terminal do;
ls -l /usr/bin/lp*
You will see several links to either lp(rng) or lp(cups). Usually if you do a standard install they will point to lp(rng). To use cups, either deselect lprng during install or remove it and reinstall cups. Also, in /etc/rc.d you have rc.lprng or rc.cups. The one executable should match how the links are assigned in /usr/bin/lp*
Just saw you have the RH distro. The examples I gave were from Slackware. Keep that in mind. One thing RH had was a printer switcher that you do from the menu somewhere. That changes what printer service you wish to use. You then need to setup some printer. Keep in mind what printer service you have running when you setup the printer.
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