On Sunday 25 December 2005 10:42 am, jerry davis wrote: Well, I must've removed a package that I shouldn't have. I re-installed the OS and that did the trick. I have my printer back now. Jerry > On Saturday 24 December 2005 10:13 pm, FoulDragon@aol.com wrote> : > > In a message dated 12/24/2005 10:08:50 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > > > > jdawgaz@cox.net writes: > > >EPSON|EPSON:rm=localhost:rp=EPSON: > > > > It seems to be trying to print to the local machine, not 192.168.1.106 > > > > > > From the page I linked, it seemed to imply, making an entry for the > > server in the host file, then changing the "rm=localhost" to refer to > > that name, might just do it. > > I saw that, but when I changed it and restarted cups, cups rewrote it. > > printcap: > # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the > # /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file > # will be lost. > EPSON|EPSON:rm=frodo.localhost:rp=EPSON: > > /etc/cups/printers.conf: > # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23 > # Written by cupsd on Sat 24 Dec 2005 09:35:50 PM MST > > Info > Location > DeviceURI ipp://192.168.1.100/USB1 > State Idle > Accepting Yes > JobSheets none none > QuotaPeriod 0 > PageLimit 0 > KLimit 0 > > > > How it got frodo.localhost out of what is in the /etc/cups/printer.conf > file I cannot figure out. > > What a bummer, cups has always been good to me, what the world is going on > now, I don't know. > > Jerry -- Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown Registered Linux User: 275424 This email's Fortune: The heart is wiser than the intellect. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss