Printer Problems in 8.04

[The Wassermans]

On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 10:44 +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
> The Wassermans wrote:
> > Problem #1.  How do I delete redundant printers from HH 8.04?
> >   
> 
> Go to http://127.0.0.1:631/ on the host and you'll get a full management
> interface.
> 

> > Problem #2.  Trying to install a new HP P1005 Laser Jet without success.
> > I have tried to follow instructions from http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/ to no
> > avail.  I would like some help please.
> >   
> 
Thank you Paul.  I used the CUPS site to install the printer and also to
tidy the redundant printers.  It's brilliant!


> Try installing hplip-gui and see what it tells you about the printer. 
> You may need to update to a newer version of CUPS to get full support
> for it.  The first place to try for this would be hardy's backports. 
> You can enable backports in your software sources, then run update
> manager to check for updates, then install only the packages with "cups"
> in their name.  Then turn off backports if you don't want lots & lots of
> packages to update regularly.
> 
> Paul
>