Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of HowTo

Timestamp:

Aug 19, 2008, 5:28:03 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

losepete

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HowTo

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 '''Configuration of CUPS Printer'''
 
-        '''USB printers'''
+        '''Local printers - USB and Parallel attached'''
 
         '''CUPS printer'''
@@ -158 +158 @@
 
 
-'''USB printers'''
-
-CUPS does not currently support printing to USB printers but there is a workaround.
-
-1] Create a Printer object using the Null printer driver and select the USB port as the Output Port in the printer object Properties
+'''Local printers - USB and Parallel attached'''
+
+CUPS does not currently support printing to Local printers but there is a workaround.
+
+1] 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
 
 2] Start the OS/2 lpd daemon (\tcpip\bin\lpd.exe)
 
 
-When creating the CUPS printer in the below section (CUPS printer) use lpd://localhost/<printer_name> as the Device URI:  where <printer_name> is the name given to the OS/2 Printer object created in 1] above.
+When creating the CUPS printer in the below section (CUPS printer) use lpd://localhost/<printer_name> as the Device URI:  where <printer_name> is the Physical name of the OS/2 Printer object - as shown on the Properties, View page - created in 1] above. Note this may not be the same as the name given to the printer during creation.
+
+eg
+If you created a printer with the object name Canon iP4000 in the Printers folder open the Properties for that printer and check the name displayed on the View page - it shows CanoniP4 here. So in the above example the device URI should be 
+
+lpd://localhost/CanoniP4
+
+
+Thanks to Rodney and others who supplied the above information regarding using locally attached printers with CUPS.
+
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 Start \cups\sbin\cupsd.exe
 
-I created a program object for this with the Start Minimized and Close Window on exit checked in the Properties, Session tab. This object can be put in the Startup folder so that cupsd.exe is started automatically at bootup.
+I created a program object for this with the Start Minimized and Close Window on exit checked in the Properties, Session tab; ther object should also have the Working directory as Drive:\cups\sbin. This object can be put in the Startup folder so that cupsd.exe is started automatically at bootup.