Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of HowTo


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    99Revisions to filenames 29/12/2008 - Paul Smedley
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     11Revisions to USB section 29/03/2009 - Paul Smedley
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    1113email: losepete@ntlworld.com[[BR]]
    1214[[BR]]
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    3638'''Configuration of CUPS Printer'''
    3739
    38         '''Local printers - USB and Parallel attached'''
    39 
    40         '''CUPS printer'''
     40        '''Local printers - Parallel attached'''
     41
     42        '''CUPS printers - Network attached and USB attached'''
    4143
    4244'''Creating a Desktop Printer Object to use with CUPS'''
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    9698Libc files required - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
    9799
    98 eCUPS printer driver package http://download.smedley.info/ecups-20081228.zip
     100eCUPS printer driver package - see http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/CupsPort for the latest release
    99101
    100102eCUPS printer port - http://download.smedley.info/cupsportdriver-20080628.zip
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    138140The libc0*.dll files should be put into either \ecs\dll or \os2\dll
    139141
    140 The basic CUPS Install consists of unzipping the package:
    141 
    142 The CUPS packages MUST be unzipped to the ROOT of the drive, which should give you 3 new directories: \cups, \gutenprint and \gs
    143 NOTE: the readme.os2 file will end up in the drive root directory unless unzipped seperately into the \cups directory - which is how I unzipped it.
    144 
    145 Have a read of the readme.os2 before proceeding just to get an idea of what you are going to do; especially if attempting to setup a USB printer.
     142The basic CUPS Install consists of unzipping the packages:
     143
     144Ghostscript needs to be unzipped into \gs - so that you end up with for example, x:\gs\gs8.64
     145cups-1.3.9*.zip needs to be unzipped into ROOT
     146gutenprint*.zip needs to be unzipped into ROOT
     147
     148At the end of this process, you should have 3 new directories: \cups, \gutenprint and \gs
     149
     150Have a read of the \cups\readme.os2 before proceeding just to get an idea of what you are going to do; especially if attempting to setup a USB printer.
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    147152
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    161166'''Local printers - USB and Parallel attached'''
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    163 CUPS does not currently support printing to Local printers but there is a workaround.
     168CUPS does not currently support printing directly to Parallel printers but there is a workaround.
    164169
    1651701] Create a Printer object using the Null printer driver and select the USB or LPTn port as the Output Port in the printer object Properties
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    206 Device: LPD/LPR Host or Printer -  type of Device connection
     211Device: Choose an appropriate selection for device connection:
     212ie: LPD/LPR Host or Printer
     213    IPP
     214    for USB printers - the detected printer should be available for selection. For other types of attachment, more information will be required.
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    208216Continue -  click when happy with above section
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    210218 
    211 Device URI: lpd://192.168.2.1/lpt1 -  address of device
     219Device URI: lpd://192.168.2.1/lpt1 -  address of device - example for LPD printer
    212220
    213221Continue -  click when happy with above section
    214222
    215223
    216 Make: Canon -  select printer make
     224Make: Canon -  select printer make - for USB printers, an attempt will be made to confirm the correct PPD file to use
    217225
    218226Continue -  click when happy with above section