new fc6 install in cups hel^Hck. "connection to cups server failed"

Tony Nelson tonynelson at georgeanelson.com
Tue Apr 17 02:15:19 UTC 2007


At 8:49 PM -0500 4/16/07, Aaron Konstam wrote:
 ...
>All print configuration should be done from the cups web interface:
>localhost:631

That was true before FC6.  In FC6, system-config-printer is compatible with
CUPS, and either can be used.  Tim Waugh would surely have mentioned if the
OP were using the wrong tool, and he said before:

At 5:22 PM +0100 4/2/07, Tim Waugh wrote:
 ...
>Fedora Core 6 uses the CUPS configuration directly, rather than
>maintaining an XML version of it separately.  This means that you can
>use the CUPS tools (lpadmin etc) to script new installations of printers
>and so on.
>
>Depending on what you need to do, you might find that the CUPS
>'browsing' facility is sufficient for your needs.
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