I use CUPS with Debian.

You can use the gnome-cups-manager or foomatic-gui

And try hpijs for the driver (ppd file).

-marcia

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Deepak Saxena wrote:

>
> I've never had any problems with CUPS before, but my Knoppix setup is
> just not wanting to play properly with me.  My setup is an HP LaserJet
> 1100 connected via parallel port and I'm using the Foomatic/ljet4 driver.
> I'm having the following issues:
>
> - Linefeeds are not getting properly translated. I lpr'd a simple
>   text file and ended up with stairstepping. :(
>
> - The above is actually a subset of the larger issue which is that
>   filters in general are not working. I ran a file through enscript
>   and ended up with several pages of garbage b/c the PostScript is
>   being sent raw to the printer instead of being processes.
>
> - Samba sharing is not properly working. I can see the printer from
>   my windows box but anything sent to it is dissapearing in the ether
>   and never showing up in the queue on the CUPS/samba server. FYI,
>   folder sharing is working OK.
>
> I had all of this working under RedHat and Mandrake as my distro on the
> server, but haven't had much luck so far with Knoppix/Debian. I've tried
> reinstalling the printer driver form scratch but that didn't solve any
> of the issues. Any pointer appreciated.
>
> Tnx,
> ~Deepak
>
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