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02-26-2006, 05:02 PM
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LQ Newbie
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getting CUPS running on Slackware 10
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?
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02-26-2006, 07:14 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida 20 minutes from Disney World
Distribution: SlackwareŽ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tiercel
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?
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Hi,
LQ;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Networking
Also check my sig for samba.
HTH!
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03-04-2006, 10:30 PM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Zona Leste, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America, Alpha Quadrant, Milk Way
Distribution: Slackware 14.0
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Cups , the answer... ?
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 !
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03-04-2006, 11:21 PM
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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Arkansas
Distribution: Ubuntu 8.10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by everal
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 !
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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
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03-05-2006, 01:17 AM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: ~
Distribution: Slackware -current
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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
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03-06-2006, 08:07 PM
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Registered: Dec 2005
Distribution: Slackware 12.1/Current
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you can also use kde to configure it, then is a option in control panel
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04-23-2006, 11:10 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2006
Distribution: SLACKWARE 4TW! =D
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MMYoung
I did some searching on the Internet first and found some pointers, then even wrote a HOWTO myself.
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Thank you for making and hosting that tutorial on line.
Last edited by Old_Fogie; 06-10-2006 at 02:02 AM.
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04-23-2006, 06:04 PM
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Member
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Arkansas
Distribution: Ubuntu 8.10
Posts: 365
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old_Fogie
Thank you for making and hosting that tutorial on line.
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Glad it helped you.
Later,
MMYoung
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04-24-2006, 02:47 PM
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Member
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Lithuania
Distribution: Slackware-12.2
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