Changes between Version 41 and Version 42 of HowTo


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Dec 24, 2011, 1:11:37 PM (12 years ago)
Author:
Alex Taylor
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    109109`CUPS tools (admin webpage, cupslpr.exe, etc.) —> CUPS daemon —> CUPS "backend" —> PRINTER`
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    111 The above suffices for printing using CUPS's own internal mechanisms. What the port driver does, in conjunction with an OS/2 printer pbject, is allow normal OS/2 programs (which know nothing about CUPS) to print to CUPS printers. So the data flow becomes:
     111The above suffices for printing using CUPS's own internal mechanisms. What the port driver does, in conjunction with an OS/2 printer object, is allow normal OS/2 programs (which know nothing about CUPS) to print to CUPS printers. So the data flow becomes:
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    113113`Application —> OS/2 printer object —> eCups PostScript driver (ECUPS[-HP].DRV) —> CUPSx port (CUPS.PDR) —> CUPS daemon —> CUPS "backend" —> PRINTER`
     
    168168      2. From the ''Administration'' drop-down, select "Modify Printer".
    169169      3. Leave all current settings on the first two pages unchanged; just click on ''Continue'' until you reach the printer manufacturer/model page.
    170       4. Make sure the correct manufacturer and model for your printer are selected. Also make sure that the Gutenprint version shown in the driver name are correct for the version of Gutenprint you just installed.  Then click on ''Modify Printer''.
     170      4. Make sure the correct manufacturer and model for your printer are selected. Also make sure that the Gutenprint version shown in the driver name corresponds to the version of Gutenprint you just installed.  Then click on ''Modify Printer''.
    171171    (Alternatively, if you have Perl installed you can download and run the script [http://smedley.info/cups-genppdupdate], which does this automatically.)
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    232232On this screen, select the connection that is appropriate for your printer.
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    234 [=#local_usb]__Local printer (USB)__
     234[=#local_usb]
     235__Local printer (USB)__
    235236{{{
    236237#!div margin-left="3em"
     
    255256}}}
    256257
    257 [=#local_lpt]__Parallel port connection__
     258[=#local_lpt]
     259__Parallel port connection__
    258260{{{
    259261#!div margin-left="3em"
     
    262264  2. Start the OS/2 LPD service (`lpd.exe`). To prevent LPD from printing the control file page (an almost-blank page with few lines of information good only for debugging purposes), specify the "-c" parameter.  You can use the OS/2 TCP/IP Configuration notebook to configure LPD.
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    264 When creating the CUPS printer, select ''LPD/LPR Host or Printer'' and enter "`lpd://localhost/`''printer_name''" as the Device URI, where ''printer_name'' is the physical name (as shown on the Properties ''View' page) of the OS/2 printer object just created.
     266When creating the CUPS printer, select ''LPD/LPR Host or Printer'' and enter "`lpd://localhost/`''printer_name''" as the Device URI, where ''printer_name'' is the physical name (as shown on the Properties ''View'' page) of the OS/2 printer object just created.
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    266268For example: If you created a desktop printer with the object name "Canon iP4000", open the Properties for that printer and check the name displayed on the ''View'' page.  If the ''Physical name'' shows "CanoniP4", the device URI in CUPS should be "`lpd://localhost/CanoniP4`".
     
    276278}}}
    277279
    278 [=#network]__Network printer__
     280[=#network]
     281__Network printer__
    279282{{{
    280283#!div margin-left="3em"