Print jobs not printing thru cups

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 03:06:23PM +0800, Michael Lai wrote:
> akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> 
> >I will give you an extreme answer. Rename system-config-printer so no
> >one will ever use it again. Before than delete all your printers using
> >that application. And define all your printers using either the Cups
> >web interface at localhost:631 or use the cups commands  lpadmin and
> >lpoptions. From the web interface your can find the CUPS User and CUPS
> >administration manuals. Read them and you printing will be much better
> >and easier to deal with.
> > 
> >
> Sigh...I tried using the web interface and still the same.  When I try 
> to print from say, MS Word or Notepad, the application would just hang 
> and nothing would print.  I have to kill the process.  Luckily, I have 
> another printer, Hp LaserJet 4L, and that is printing fine though.  It 
> is just the HP LaserJet 1300 that I am having so much trouble with.  Any 
> ideas on what the problem may be?  Right now, the device is connected 
> through /dev/usb/lp1.
> 
I have to apologize to you. I was so set on the answer I did not pay
enough attention to your question. Now I see that you printer is not a
network printer but locally attached to you FC machine. You indicate
that you can't print from your Windows machine. I assume the MS Word
or Notepad were on a different machine that is running Windows. So as
I understand it you want to use the FC machine as a print-server for
your Windows machine. Are you using samba to do the printing? Can you
print to the HP Laserjet 1300 from the FC machine?

I am not at all sure how print-service from  a FC machine is made
available to a Windows machine. If I had realized that was what you
were doing I should have shut up. But I still think the answers to my
questions would be helpful.
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Aaron Konstam
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