Where does FC1 hide printer definitions?

Net Llama! netllama
Sun Sep 4 11:28:16 PDT 2005


Have you checked under /etc/cups ?

On 09/04/2005 08:03 AM, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Thanks for responding to my message and attempting to help. But next time it 
> would help if you'd actually read what I wrote first.
> 
> Note that I'm using cups and said nothing about 'linux' printing. My question 
> was about a specific distro (FC1) and in what hidden place it stores its 
> printer definitions that it uses to over-write cups config files.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Michael
> 
> Mr Mike wrote:
>> linux doesn't print so your 'linux' uses something like lpr or cups..  if
>> you use cups, look at the cups pkg installed files..  also foomatic is
>> another pkg to look at..
>> 
>> mike..
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:40:10 -0500, Michael Hipp wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Earlier I added (by hand) a couple of printer definitions to 
>>>/etc/cups/printers.conf thinking that was the official place for such things. 
>>>Later came back to find them gone and the file had evidently been re-generated 
>>>when I made the mistake of using the GUI tool to reset a printer queue.
>>>
>>>Where does RH/FC store its official printer definitions that it uses to 
>>>regenerate printers.conf?

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