[ale] lprng long shot

[John Heim]

Yes, if you run the Ricoh install script, it tells you to use lprng.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damon Chesser" <dchesser at acsi2000.com>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] lprng long shot


> "but they don't support cups"  who is "they"?  Ricoh?  I assume so, 
> because I assume you know Debian supports cups.  Just being redundant in 
> case you don't know.
>
> Damon Chesser
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> damon at damtek.com
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John 
> Heim
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 5:35 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] lprng long shot
>
> Really? Lprng died? I hadn't heard that. Ricoh provides scripts to 
> configure
> a printer in lprng but they're for Red Hat and/or suse. We use debian. But
> they don't support cups.
>
> Gawd, what a mess.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] lprng long shot
>
>
>> Ouch! lprng died a silent death several years ago. CUPS (with all it 
>> warts
>> and glory) is the printing subsystem for *NIX now.
>>
>> Are you stuck with lprng or can you replace it with cups? There is a
>> postscript driver for it cups.
>> http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Ricoh/Ricoh-Aficio_MP_C4501
>> That may get you moving on configuring with lprng
>>
>> I think lprng was an acronym of (l)ine (pr)inter (n)o (g)ood
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:54 PM, John Heim <john at johnheim.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to config a Ricoh  Aficio MP C4501  printer under lprng. I
>>> don't
>>> suppose anybody has a ifhp config for that printer?
>>>
>>>      Failing that, does anyone know how to get on the lprng support 
>>> list?
>>> There is a link to a subscription address on the lprng home page but 
>>> mail
>>> to
>>> that address bounces.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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