"Pocket Printserver" Dongle doesn't work with (64 bit) Fedora 6
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Mon Oct 30 17:17:13 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 09:21 +0000, Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 22:55 -0500, David Liguori wrote:
> > Through previous editions of Fedora and Red Hat I have blundered into
> > making this Ethernet to parallel printer box work (on a Laserjet 6MP).
> > For some reason, now it doesn't. I believed it was a Dlink product,
> > although all it says on the box is "Model PRS-301PE. I used
> > system-config-printer and set up an LPR connection using the box's fixed
> > IP address (of which I am certain) and port number 9100, of which I am
> > reasonably sure). When I click on the "print test page" box there is no
> > indication of any kind of error situation, other than nothing happening
> > with the printer.
>
> Might possibly be a bug in CUPS. Could you file a bugzilla report
> please?
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
>
> Tim.
> */
As I have said many times don't use system-config-printer to configure a
printer. Use the CUPS web address: localhost:631.
Although in the release notes for FC6 they have finally fixed
system-config-printer. We will have to wait and see.
--
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>
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