not really linux but cups question

Post #177,471 by daemon 10/2/04 10:24:59 AM Reply	not really linux but cups question cant add a all in one printer via the mac gui interface to cups. Now after digging in the man page and finding out where the brilliant young minds who took a perfectly good bsd or sys5 solution and de-invented the wheel. Found the cups.conf and printers.conf and a possible solution/problem. I have only one USB port that is attached to a hp photosmart 7260 printer, I unhook that printer and hookup the hp psc 1350 all in one. I think cups already see's an entry for that device and doesnt want to add another one. What are the pitfalls of hand carving these files and restarting cupsd? regards, daemon
Post #177,472 by tjsinclair 10/2/04 10:58:27 AM Reply	Did you try the Web interface? Point your browser to [link\|http://localhost:631\|http://localhost:631] and click away. I've found that sometimes it offers more options than the GUI frontend. Other than that, if you really plan on hand-configuring this, be sure to read the man pages to get a good idea of how the file is laid out and what options are available. Otherwise, dive right in. (Back up your old files first, of course.) Tom Sinclair "While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe." Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance." -- Discworld scientists at work (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
Post #177,479 by daemon 10/2/04 11:47:28 AM Reply	Re: Did you try the Web interface? client-error-not-possible neat interface though regards, bill
Post #177,530 by folkert 10/3/04 10:44:21 AM Reply	You need to... Edit the admin area of cups.conf to allow connections Probably the MAC version has everything locked down as most work is done with GUI and command line. The Web interface is really really useful. Makes it possible to do things that are not possible with command line or GUI, but are possible to hand craft using vi or emacs. The commit is instant though be careful. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]

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