[ale] printers

[Scott Castaline]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Wed May 7 2008, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>   
>>> printer toolbox?? for Linux?
>>>       
>> I think he was talking about the HPLIP stuff:
>> mbt at zest:~$ apt-cache search hplip
>> hpijs - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS driver (hpijs)
>> hpijs-ppds - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HPIJS PPD files
>> hplip - HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
>> hplip-data - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files
>> hplip-dbg - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - debugging information
>> hplip-doc - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - documentation
>> hplip-gui - HP Linux Printing and Imaging - GUI utilities
>>
>> By default, hplip and hplip-data are installed on Hardy.
>>     
>
> I have hplip installed. and hplip-data, but NOT gui.. hmm..
>
>   
from the terminal: "#> hp-setup"
it'll start a gui-app to setup your printer. You may have to manually 
enter the ipaddress for a network printer, if it doesn't "see it" on the 
scan for devices part.