CUPS password

Sasha Tsykin stsykin at gmail.com
Thu Jan 26 13:05:26 UTC 2006


Mike Kenny wrote:
> On 1/26/06, *Sasha Tsykin* <stsykin at gmail.com 
> <mailto:stsykin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     > 1. how do I set up a printer in Ubuntu/CUPS?
>     System => Administation => Printing. Double click on "Add Printer" and
>     follow the prompts.
>
> Thanks Sasha.
>
> That got me a bit further (well a lot, really). I have now set up my 
> HP Laserjet 2200 as a network printer on HP JetDirect 9100, everything 
> else uses default values. I can print a test page, but this page 
> remains in the queue with a stsus of printing and blocks all 
> subsequent pages. If I delete it then the next page prints, and then 
> stays in the queue, is there some setting somewhere that will force 
> the queue to flush completed jobs?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
Hey, Happy to help.

To flush the jobs, go to System => Administration => Printing. Then 
right click on your printer, and select "jobs". Just cancel the ones you 
don't want. You can cancel them in groups to by highlighting a few together.

Sasha




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