Printing woes in mandrake 8.2

[Bryce C]

Does anyone know if it can work with USB printers (those that CUPS
supports). Specifically,
Epson Stylus Colour 900 USB


On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 19:08, Lee Einer wrote:
> Harwood wrote:
> 
> > I too have trouble with printing using an HP laserjet 3P.  Finally 
> > gave up.
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >     * From:* Will Johnson <mailto:digerati11@cox.net>
> >
> >     * To:* PLUG List <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> >
> >     * Sent:* Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:15 PM
> >
> >     * Subject:* Printing woes in mandrake 8.2
> >
> >
> >     Anyone out there having trouble printing with mandy 8.2? I have
> >     used the kde print tool and everything looks as if it should work,
> >     it just doesn't. I have verified that the printer works fine. It
> >     is an hp photosmart p1000. kde found the right driver in its list
> >     and applied it. It has a name and port address. I did however get
> >     a pop-up screen when finalizing the config that said:(in Kmail)
> >     kde has logeed a request to access local host on port 631 but
> >     requires a password. It brings up my local login name and when I
> >     use my password it kicks it back as invalid. Any Ideas on how to
> >     solve this?
> >
> Sounds like your using the CUPS print system. Have you tried to use the 
> generic LPD Unix print system? 

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