[PLUG] Help !!

[Dirk & Karen]

>   With CUPS, invoke the printer setup as '/usr/sbin/printers'. Also, when I
> define a printer string for an application (e.g., mozilla) I do it as 'lpr
> -P<printer_name> %s'.
>
>   When I installed CUPS I removed lpr first. Now when I try to find
> 'printtool' on my system this is what I see:
>
> [rshepard at salmo ~]$ locate printtool
> /usr/doc/rhl-rg-6.1en/figs/sysconfig/printtool-addlocal.gif
> /usr/doc/rhl-rg-6.1en/figs/sysconfig/printtool-addremote.gif
> /usr/doc/rhl-rg-6.1en/figs/sysconfig/printtool-filter.gif
> /usr/doc/rhl-rg-6.1en/figs/sysconfig/printtool-ncp.gif
> /usr/doc/rhl-rg-6.1en/figs/sysconfig/printtool-smb.gif
> /usr/doc/rhl-rg-6.1en/figs/sysconfig/printtool-test-menu.gif
> /usr/doc/rhl-rg-6.1en/figs/sysconfig/printtool-type.gif
> /usr/lib/rhs/control-panel/printtool.warn
>
>   So I suppose it's no longer available. Anyway, with the CUPS GUI printer
> setup you define the printer, the device by which it's known and so on. The
> CUPS documentation has all the details.
>
>   FWIW, I paid Easy Software for their PrintPro drivers so I could get the
> full benefit of the HP 2500C under linux. It does a much better job
> printing from The GIMP in linux than from MapInfo in the virutal win98. For
> me, it is well worth the money. But, there may be enhanced drivers freely
> available for the Canon model you have. Check both the ESW and linux
> printing sites.
>
> HTH,
>
> Rich
>
Thanks Rich. Will do.
Dirk