Re: redhat-config-printer is not as powerful as web interface.

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:50:15PM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> 
> 
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > Could someone tell me why people are still using redhat-config-printer to
> > configure CUPS pronters instead of the web interface described in the
> > documentation?
> 
> 1) redhat-config-printers or printconf has a text interface available.
> 2) it's the defaut config program for printers on Red Hat Linux machine.
> 3) the Red Hat initscripts can overwrite several files in /etc/cups/ 
> when cups is started. Not sure what causes printconf-backend to rewrite 
> the files (other than --force-rebuild) but it can happen.
> 4) printconf looks prettier.
> 
> 	-Thomas
Well I will admit the CUPS text interface is lame but printconf is
certainly not prettier nor as powerfull as the interface you get by
usaing your browser to access:
http:/localhost:631/admin

It can set up classes of printers and manage the printers at a much
higher level in many ways than redhat-config-printer.
Try it and see what you think.
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