Does redhat-config-printer ask CUPS for the list of drivers to choose from? That might explain the difference. But it doesn't matter -- after almost a year, remote printing works again on my system! I mushed together everyone's advice: switched to CUPS, installed the gimp-print-cups package, then used redhat-config-printer to first delete then reinstall an LPD queue for my Epson C80 running with a DLink 101P. Perhaps this belongs in a FAQ somewhere, but I don't know where to submit it. Thanks everyone, especially Bob and Tim, for your help. Tom On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 09:54, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 08:39:01AM -0700, Bob Arendt wrote: > > > I used redhat-config-printer both before and after installing > > the gimp-print-cups package. The resultant /etc/cups/ppd/lp.ppd > > was different. The gimp-print-cups added the file: > > /usr/share/cups/model/C/escp2-740.ppd.gz > > which apparently was found by redhat-config-printer, installed, > > and produced ledgible copy. Without that package (in my instance) > > redhat-config-printer "succeeded" in creating what it thought was > > a workable .ppd .... but the output was completely unledgible. > > The 740 may be a borderline case. > > I rather doubt it. Redhat-config-printer does not look at any > installed PPDs. (I wrote it.) > > Tim. > */
