suse 8.2 networking -- printer solved

[Matthew Carpenter]

Yee Hah!  :)

I use Yast2 and choose LaserJet 3 driver and I'm given 7 choices for filters.  If I choose the stp driver for LaserJet III series, I'm ok.  I can also choose the other CUPS tools.

You need to make sure that you set the paper size to US Letter in 2 places.

It's not non-cups, it's non-yast2.  There's a big difference.  The difference means that the printer was or wasn't created through Yast2.


On Tue, 13 May 2003 14:53:08 -0400
dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:

> begin  Bruce Marshall's  quote:
> 
> | But other than that, I didn't see any reference to a non-cups
> | printer.
> 
> okay. solved it. first, there are *two* cups directories of h-p 
> drivers, one named "hewlett-packard," the other "hp."
> 
> second, the printer was blowing up after trying to print because yast2 
> DEFAULTS TO FRIGGING A-4 PAPER!!!! and the printer was looking for a 
> tray keyed to a-4, of which there is none. and there is no place in 
> yast2 this time round to fix it. have to use the cups configurator 
> for that.
> 
> whereupon, using the correct cups directory (hp), i configured my 
> printer four times: default, which is single-sided printing on letter 
> paper; double-sided printing on letter paper; single-sided printing 
> on legal paper; and double-sided printing on legal paper. and it now 
> works.
> -- 
> dep
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