Where does FC1 hide printer definitions?

Michael Hipp Michael
Sun Sep 4 16:29:03 PDT 2005


Yes, that's where I found printers.conf. But I don't see anything else there.

Michael

Net Llama! wrote:
> 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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