Installing a Brother Printer.

Jamesag37 · 09-18-2014, 12:09 AM

I have been trying to install CupsWrapper,following the prompts in "Slackware Brother printer installation". All seemed to be going well with no hiccups until I get to configure CUPSWrapper. When I go to apply the acid test "http://local host:631/", Google tips me into the no man's land of websites of websites. Earlier this week I got some pretty good help from Randicus Draco Albus and others during the interpretation phase of the Slackware sheet.For some reason,that little forum disappeared.I am not able to continue the installation. Please help!

Didier Spaier · 09-18-2014, 12:26 AM

Type in the address bar of your Internet browser:

Code:

http://localhost:631

or even simpler:

Code:

localhost:631

but there is no space between local and host, in other words localhost is a single word.

Also, the file /etc/rc.d/rc.cups should be executable. To make sure it is type as root:

Code:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.cups
/etc/rc.d/rc.cups restart

PS the other thread you are referring to is probably this one. It doesn't show here because it's in another sub forum (Linux - Hardware).

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