[sclug] Printing problems

[Peter Brewer]

I've never really got to grips with printing in Linux and could do with 
a bit of help....

I have set up two systems for family using Suse 9.3.  One has an Epson 
C66 attached and the other a Lexmark Laser (don't have the model to 
hand).  There aren't exact printer drivers for either printer but I 
managed to get them working by using similar model drivers e.g. the 
Epson C64 for the C66.

The problem is, when I reboot, the printers aren't started 
automatically.  I have to go to the print manager as root and start the 
printer each time.  This is a problem as I don't want to be giving our 
root pwd to everyone that wants to print!  The funny thing is that I did 
exactly the same procedure on my own machine with an Epson EPL6200 and 
it all works fine.

Anyone got any ideas what I've done wrong?  I'm sure it is likely to be 
an ID10T error!

Cheers

Pete