Configuring printers (cups)

[Gary Jarrel]

On 7/22/05, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
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> 
> However, all printers are capable of duplex printing and I only got
> simplex :( I tried configuring through the same tool (properties for
> each printer) but my changes don't seem to stick. I also tried pointing
> my browser to localhost:631 to see if I could get any further using
> CUPS' own configuration, but there I got stuck at a password request
> (password for for "CUPS" user, who is that?).
> 

I've had a similar issue with a specialized Xerox machine that I've
got. As there were drivers for linux I've used the HP LaserJet-4si
driver, which supports duplex printing. Duplex worked, however the
priniting now droped to a quarter of the pages per minute when
compared to printing from a Windows machine with a correct Xerox
driver.

Just tried my CUPS web admin interface, but logging in as root didn't
work, I think I may have altered this some while ago when I started
unsing Ubuntu and now forgot my password :( sorry, maybe someone else
will be of a bit more help there.

- gary