[TriLUG] CUPS configuration difficulties

[Paul D. Boyle]

Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> 
> Paul D. Boyle said the following on 9/13/04 3:52 PM:
[snip]

> > so I've been trying to configure CUPS via the web interface as well as
> > text editing the .conf files directly.
> 
> You know, I've never had any problem configuring CUPS.  Perhaps it's
> just me, but it really doesn't seem that difficult.  Have you tried
> looking at the documentation at http://localhost:631/documentation.html ?

Yes, but apparently not close enough. 

> > I would really like to make the printer attached to my parallel port
> > the default printer for my system.  This isn't an extraordinary or exotic
> > configuration, and I would appreciate anyone's pointers on how to make it
> > work.

[snip]
> 
> Like I said, have you looked at the documentation?  If you select
> the "Software Administrators Manual", it shows exactly how to
> configure the default printer.  From the manual:
> 
>   Setting the Default Printer
> 
>   Run the lpadmin command with the -d option  to set a default printer:
> 
>   /usr/sbin/lpadmin -d printer ENTER
> 
>   The default printer can be overridden by the user using the lpoptions(1)
>   command.
> 
> Now, see, that wasn't hard. :-)

Nope, it wasn't hard at all.  Thank-you for your help, Tanner.

I was going to post a rant, but I'll refrain.  All I'll say, was that it
was a heck of a lot easier to read the 1994 version of the Linux Printing
HOWTO and hand edit /etc/printcap and the print filters that I needed.

Who knows, maybe someday I'll learn to love CUPS. :-)

Thanks again for your help.

Paul

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