CUPS Upgrade causes Printer to stop working

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Sat Sep 23 20:26:28 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 20:32 +0300, Goksin Akdeniz wrote:
> > I thought sysytem-config-printer was broken?
> >
> > I'd go to the CUPS interface (http://localhost:631), delete the
> > printer, and add it again.
> >
> > Also, check in the cups error_log, and the printer status page in the
> > CUPS web interface.
> >
> > Chris
> 
> I had similar problems with my printer which it was an postscript emulated 
> one. Configuring cups via localhost:631 is also an option. I prefer to run 
> system-config-* tools first.
> 
> Goksin Akdeniz
Unless something wonderful has happened to the system-config-printer
programs they do not properly configure CUPS printers. Always use the
web interface.


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Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>




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