[Gllug] CUPS

[Jonathan Dye]

At 13:37 22/02/02 +0000, you wrote:

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>I have a server with CUPS and an HP Inkjet 895Cxi.

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>I want to allow Windows clients to use the printer as well (So that'll be
samba of course)
>
>How do i get applications to see the printer ? Printcap ? 
>The printcap.cups only has one line generated in it, the name of the rinter.

You just need to set printing=cups in the smb.conf file.
http://www.cups.org/faq0020.html

>I don't seem to have any off the lp tools set up, which package to use ?

Cups includes tools which imitate the common lp tools. e.g. lpr

>Printing on Linux it one thing i have never been able to get right, and
it's starting to bug me.

It's easy from here, once CUPS works it's all downhill!

JD


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