I've just installed and configured Slackware on an old PC and I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to print to a Canon i80 connected to my Windows XP laptop. Is CUPS the answer? Where can I find documentation on getting it running and configured?

Hi,

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Hey,


Cups is the ultimate answer if you are in this situation:


1. You do no--t have a headache
2. You want to have one

Below I give two links to articles inside Eric S. Raymond's Home Page.

I have cups working. But it was not easy. And -when I need to change something, it is terrible...

But here you have the links. I believe that none was explained better the cups problems.


The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story :
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html

and
The Luxury of Ignorance: Part Deux
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/luxury-part-deux.html


have fun with cups !

Wow, and CUPS was the easiest thing I ever manually set up on my Slackware PC. Of course I did some searching on the Internet first and found some pointers. It wasn't that difficult to set up a Linux network printer using CUPS either, matter of fact it was AUTOMATICALLY DETECTED in CUPS on my client PC. Of course I did some searching on the Internet first and found some pointers, then even wrote a HOWTO myself.

It's amazing that the "father of Open Source" had so much trouble, maybe he didn't RTFM!

Now to the OP, CUPS ain't that difficult to do, if I can do it that just proves the point. Make sure your printer is connected, turned on and open a browser. In the address bar type in http://localhost:631, this is the CUPS webadmin. Select Manage Printers, then Add Printer. It'll ask for a username and password and it is wanting root and rootpassword. (I mean you can't add hardware to a Linux PC unless you are root, it ain't that difficult to figure out, or at least it wasn't for me) From there on it's pretty much self-explanatory.

Later,
MMYoung

It took me 2 mins to configure and print a test page, big thanks to Shilo! Take a look here
http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/print9.html

you can also use kde to configure it, then is a option in control panel

Thank you for making and hosting that tutorial on line.

Glad it helped you.

Later,
MMYoung

Maybe here you will find something useful:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=428646