Re: Cups problem

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 09:08 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
> > Aaron Konstam wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 09:11 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> >>  
> >>> I can restart cups by "service cups restart ( stopped)  (restart)"
> >>> But on Thuderbird and Firefox they both lock up after clicking
> >>> the print button,I cannot start localhost to get to  cups admin.
> >>>
> >>>    Thanks  david
> >>>
> >>>     
> >> Reversing what I have said before now you can get the equivalent of
> >> localhost:631 by running system-config-printer.
> >> or use lpoptions and lpadmin.
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> >>
> >>   
> > Pardon my ignorance but I don't know how to use these commands.
> >
> >   david
> >
> I've done a "rpm -e --nodeps cups" then "yum install cups" and got to 
> the point where
> thunderbird and firefox send a print request to my HP PSC 2110 but is 
> not printed out.
> I still cannot open "localhost 631" 'Unable to connect'.
it is localhost:631
run system-config-printer as an alternative. I think you can understand
it if you can undestand cups web interface.
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam sbcglobal net