On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:48:07 -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote > On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:14:17 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:40:07AM -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > > Question 2: Is cups the optimal approach to take to print on a remote printer. > > > > > > Any advice from someone with more expertise than I would be appreciated. > > > > > > Mike. > > > > > My personal preference is let the rmote printer be managed as it > > wants to. Currrently LPRng has a much simpiler interface to print to > > a remote printer. But as caviat I have this many times with LPRng and > > tried it only once in cups interface. > > > > On the other hand if you do it with redhat-config-pronter it should > > not make a difference. > > I did not use cups on RH 8. I do not remember what was used however. > > I deleted the defined print queue from printtool and then did a rpm - > e cups, desktop-printing, and qtcups. > > However, the Gnome Print Manager still shows two printers, one > called all, the other called missingprinter. How do I delete these? > > I have installed LPRng. > > Now, how do I configure LPRng to use the remote printer? Nevermind. I just used printtool (Gnome Printer configuration) to add a new print queue using the jet direct printer. It replaced the missingprinter definition. Printing works and no more 5 second log messages and socket changes. Much cleaner. Thank you.
