Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Print Server what tha?

Just about to go to bed. But probably worth remembering how I set up my print-server.

Essentially, just followed the HowTo here.

There may be a moment when you have appeared to have done everything right and have used CUPS to install your printer, but it still won't work. It is possible that there may be some unmet dependencies that have come about when you downloaded the drivers for your printer. All you may need to do is fix these dependencies:

sudo apt-get -f install

As per the HowTo I mentioned above, it is useful to install this driver:

sudo apt-get install cupsys-driver-gutenprint

Don't forget to restart cups when your done, otherwise won't get very far.

Troubleshooting
1) Giving the printer the wrong paper size may result in your printer doing nothing, not even telling you that it doesn't like the paper size.

Ciao

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