Network printing setup?

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday 11 June 2007, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a shared [Epson] printer on our home network.
> I tried editing the cupsd.conf file by hand but it has changed a lot since
> the last time I managed it a few years ago.
> I then tried through 'System Settings' (administrator mode) but it asks for
> a password with 'root' as user - I tried various users (lp, lpadmin, nigel
> etc) using my password but to no avail.

I assume you tried your own passwd which is what is required to get to 
administrator mode.