[Sussex] CUPS printing

[Brendan Whelan]

Desmond, Without wishing to be insulting, obviously, after editing the 
printers.conf file you will need to restart cups   - service cups restart

Brendan

Brendan Whelan wrote:
> Desmond, I have had similar problems in setting the exact information. 
> I found editing the /etc/cups/printers.conf file, rather than using 
> the GUI interfaces, best for awkward printers. A couple of other, 
> unrelated points; if the printer is Postscript then I have found using 
> generic postscript settings more convenient that the specific ones for 
> a printer and setting the printer to keep trying on failure, rather 
> than the default of stopping the queue. (Otherwise, when the paper ran 
> out the queue stopped.)  Brendan
>
> Desmond Armstrong wrote:
>> I am trying to share the printer on one machine with the network.
>> I am at a loss to discover the correct formatting of the address in 
>> the cups settings. The Printer involved is the HP 2200 laser.
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