Best Printers for YDL 3.01

Wed Oct 29 23:45:00 2003

R. Hirschfeld wrote:

> I tried to read some of the CUPS documentation but it didn't seem like
> it was written for human beings.  

I'm not surprised, I "got it to work once" and kept following it.

> > 3. Do not use the redhat printer configurator to install the printer.
> 
> Why?  I initially attempted to install via http://localhost:631 on YDL
> 3.0 out of the box, but it couldn't find the right driver.  When I did
> it via the redhat printer configurator it worked fine.  Or at least it
> seemed to--are there problems with this method?

I've found that the redhat drivers never quite worked for me. 
I could get something on the paper, but it was never with the options
I wanted. 

I've had 100% sucess with linuxprinting.org's ppds and foomatic-rip.

Geoff.

The following is my cupsd.conf on my main server. Don't use it without
fixing the IP address in the allow/deny statements.

	ServerName cable.<your.domain.name>
	ServerAdmin gsm@<your.domain.name>
	AccessLog /var/log/cups/access_log
	#ClassifyOverride off
	DataDir /usr/share/cups
	DefaultCharset utf-8
	DefaultLanguage en
	DocumentRoot /usr/share/doc/cups
	ErrorLog /var/log/cups/error_log
	FontPath /usr/share/cups/fonts
	LogLevel Error
	MaxLogSize 1048576
	PageLog syslog
	PreserveJobHistory Yes
	PreserveJobFiles Yes
	AutoPurgeJobs Yes
	MaxCopies 100
	MaxJobs 500
	Printcap /etc/printcap
	PrintcapFormat BSD
	PrintcapGUI /usr/bin/glpoptions
	RequestRoot /var/spool/cups
	RemoteRoot remroot
	ServerBin /usr/lib/cups
	ServerRoot /etc/cups
	User lp
	Group sys
	RIPCache 8m
	TempDir /var/spool/cups/tmp
	FilterLimit 0
	Port 631
	Listen 80
	HostNameLookups On
	KeepAlive On
	KeepAliveTimeout 60
	MaxClients 100
	MaxClientsPerHost 100
	MaxRequestSize 0
	Timeout 300
	Browsing On
	BrowseProtocols cups
	BrowseAddress @IF(eth0)
	BrowseShortNames Yes
	BrowseAllow 127.0.0.0/24
	BrowseAllow 192.168.1.0/24
	BrowseAllow .<your.domain.name>
	BrowseInterval 30
	BrowsePort 631
	BrowseTimeout 300
	ImplicitClasses On
	ImplicitAnyCLasses Off
	HideImplicitMembers Off
	SystemGroup sys
	RootCertDuration 300

	<Location />
	AuthType None
	Order Deny,Allow
	Deny From All
	Allow From 127.0.0.0/24 
	Allow From 192.168.1.0/24 
	Allow From .<your.domain.name>
	</Location>

	<Location /classes>
	AuthType Basic
	AuthClass System
	Order Deny,Allow
	Deny From All
	Allow From 127.0.0.0/24 
	Allow From 192.168.1.0/24 
	Allow From .<your.domain.name>
	</Location>

	<Location /jobs>
	AuthType Basic
	AuthClass System
	Order Deny,Allow
	Deny From All
	Allow From 127.0.0.0/24 
	Allow From 192.168.1.0/24 
	Allow From .<your.domain.name>
	</Location>

	<Location /printers>
	AuthType None
	Order Deny,Allow
	Deny From All
	Allow From 127.0.0.0/24 
	Allow From 192.168.1.0/24 
	Allow From .<your.domain.name>
	</Location>

	<Location /admin>
	#AuthType None
	AuthType Basic
	AuthClass System
	Order Deny,Allow
	Deny From All
	Allow From 127.0.0.0/24 
	Allow From 192.168.1.0/24 
	Allow From .<your.domain.name>
	</Location>

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The following is my printers.conf file on my main server.
It's empty, because my other print servers have the printers and they
are picked up by browsing.

	# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.19
	# Written by cupsd on Tue 07 Oct 2003 10:48:32 PM IST

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The following is my printers.conf file on my upstairs print server. Note
that the printer hp on margie is defined several times. In each
definition's ppd the paper type, color and resolution are set
differently. Also the HP7550a plotter only works for me with xon/xoff
flow control although it's supposed to work better with hardware flow
control.

	# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.17
	# Written by cupsd on Tue 07 Oct 2003 04:22:00 PM GMT
	<Printer margie-hp>
	Info hp photosmart 1000
	Location margie's office
	DeviceURI smb://margie/hp
	State Idle
	Accepting Yes
	JobSheets none none
	QuotaPeriod 0
	PageLimit 0
	KLimit 0
	</Printer>
	<Printer margie-photo>
	Info margie's printer photo quality
	Location margie's desk
	DeviceURI smb://margie/hp
	State Idle
	Accepting Yes
	JobSheets none none
	QuotaPeriod 0
	PageLimit 0
	KLimit 0
	</Printer>
	<Printer margie-text>
	Info text only printing fast, cheap
	Location margie's office
	DeviceURI smb://margie/hp
	State Idle
	Accepting Yes
	JobSheets none none
	QuotaPeriod 0
	PageLimit 0
	KLimit 0
	</Printer>
	<Printer medici>
	Info hp7550a plotter
	Location upstairs
	DeviceURI serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=9600+bits=8+parity=none+flow=soft
	State Idle
	Accepting Yes
	JobSheets none none
	QuotaPeriod 0
	PageLimit 0
	KLimit 0
	</Printer>
	<DefaultPrinter ulj>
	Info Laser Jet Series II
	Location upstairs
	DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
	State Idle
	Accepting Yes
	JobSheets none none
	QuotaPeriod 0
	PageLimit 0
	KLimit 0
	</Printer>
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Geoff.	

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