how to print via a usb to parallel cable

[Aaron Konstam]

On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 13:04 +0100, Simon Tierney wrote:
> 15. what release are you using? I am using F12
> 
> are you using cups for print manager? Yes
> 
> what printer are you using? Samsung SCX-4216F (multifunction)
> 
> is it listed in printer configs? No, I tried to configure it manually
> on 
> LPD after it wasn't detected on the probe, but there is no machine 
> specific driver and says it is disconnected, so I thought USB is not 
> seeing it
> 
> not all printers give feedback to describe what they are.
> It worked OK when connected to a regular parallel port on another
> Fedora 
> system -perhaps I should have looked for a specific linux driver on
> the 
> Samsung site, I'll try that now
> 
> not all printers listed in config list.
> I am using the system-config-printer GUI -is there another way I could
> try? 
You could try th cups web interface at : localhost:631

But if system-config-printer can't find a printer definition the web
interface probably also will not work.
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