From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NosmC-0001mT-64 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:18:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31907E095A; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com (mail-bw0-f219.google.com [209.85.218.219]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87397E095A for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so312086bwz.26 for ; Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:17:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=FiZQCcIE/c6rQAezQw5ZkESanSMCWeahpLfL9hKP7EQ=; b=MJ8OfqNHxm8onmnsrVXQGbjCc+qOvjaXlyPkECk1WMH6CNbI+JCZL/1/jfPfIl6Opa Ft7xbNdFwgGwRIyeYNl59n6kgG+N9w9I+fBTDCaEZaHdZ6jGjNlO+FmmIrJKlwa1uNn7 Xd/J9/ti3rkRq7xuWwBXirMothfVFTU6BRRKo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=AwRsZ9MLg/oqMkWSF8urcg7w9ThF5z091WbgV2hTh6poBRm6+NpZ2XbiHyIwMLE6j+ bK7vLdWluG/t8mxmZutbrRt+zAep3AsrhmyG/X2LD4MDLXjDb0N21TGaaPGwaskovoFb O/5SGhWsJDvoQ/cLOo9ewqgT1Oa72MOyC+UCg= Received: by 10.204.6.70 with SMTP id 6mr3157887bky.6.1268115456760; Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:17:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from lappy.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s17sm20589831bkd.10.2010.03.08.22.17.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:17:36 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 printer config question Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:17:22 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (Linux/2.6.31-gentoo-r10; KDE/4.3.5; i686; ; ) References: <6C9AFA5F-86D8-40CA-A9F6-3782477A474E@wright.org> <4B95D498.6050500@gmail.com> <7FE6A87E-6BEE-4C89-8A61-D498A08D0D65@wright.org> In-Reply-To: <7FE6A87E-6BEE-4C89-8A61-D498A08D0D65@wright.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart5449285.WeX0GVSx7n"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201003090617.34481.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 4137c5d7-c6cc-494e-a806-2be310f07b94 X-Archives-Hash: 675946d24bbf116df64eab15edeaff09 --nextPart5449285.WeX0GVSx7n Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 09 March 2010 05:15:38 Roy Wright wrote: > On Mar 8, 2010, at 10:54 PM, ubiquitous1980 wrote: > > Roy, without being presumptuous, I would say that using D.E. (Desktop > > Environment) tools for printing are not the best because of > > inconsistency in layout and authentication problems. My suggestion is > > to open up your web browser and use localhost:631 in the address bar to > > access CUPS and do it this way. My line of reasoning is that you want > > consistency, which is what you get with this method. Printers > > configured in this way are available in your chosen D.E. In my > > use-case, I have an HP usb printer which can connect via cat 6 cable and > > I also use KDE 4.3. I have configured the printer with CUPS via a web > > browser and have few issues. > > > > I trust that helps. > > > > Damien >=20 > I agree, but am wanting to give kde 4.4.1 a try at handling the printer > just to see if it can do it. Currently the answer is either no or I > haven't found a required configuration change. I would set it up using CUPS as Damien suggested and then KDE should pick u= p=20 the settings without any additional effort on your behalf - i.e. I would th= ink=20 that the "server settings" would no longer be disabled (as long as you have= =20 listen to more than the default 127.0.0.1 in cupsd.conf). =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart5449285.WeX0GVSx7n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkuV5/4ACgkQVTDTR3kpaLbJFACeNQgbb8vfz6hZuGfSS684MtAC +mYAn0qXQ0kFrAvEMK7faApH0EPF6shL =rGlI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5449285.WeX0GVSx7n--