Re: [uml-user] Installing RedHat 9 with HP2100M printer, locally-connected

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Maybe i'm missing something really obvious, but what does this have to 
do with UML?

On 05/22/03 14:08, Tomas Taylor wrote:

> 
> Hi there,
> 
> We have a new RedHat 9  and an old HP2100M that works fine in Windows 
> (dual-boot system).  The printer is not a network printer.  It is 
> directly connected to the parallel port of our Dell computer.
> 
> The first thing I did was go to the HP website and downloaded their two 
> drivers: pxlmono.ppd and Postscript.ppd.  Their instructions said to put 
> these PPD files in /usr/share/cups/model.
> 
> When I use Systems Settings/Printer to install the HP I use this sequence:
> 
>    * New
>    * Name: hp2100m
>    * locally-connected
>    * Custom device: /dev/lp0  (the scan can't find it)
>    * Printer model: postscript printer (the downloaded drivers are not
>      there
>    * printer not connected
> 
> I have no idea what's going on.  Do I have to put the downloaded drivers 
> someplace else so I will be able to select one.  But doesn't RedHat 
> already have default drivers for both pxlmono and postscript.
> 
> Probably there is something simple in the human interface I am doing wrong.
> 
> Any wisdom you can shine on this issue will be appreciated,
> Tomás Taylor
> 

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