On 18/10/06, Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex at milivojevic.org> wrote: > Quoting Nigel Kendrick <support-lists at petdoctors.co.uk>: > > >> When setting up a raw queue on the CentOS box, it might be necessary to > > edit couple of files in /etc/cups. > >> > >> mime.convs - uncomment this line: > >> > >> #application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 > >> > >> mime.types - uncomment this line: > >> > >> #application/octet-stream > > > > > > I was going to suggest this as it seems to always fix printing problems with > > me. Just a few additional notes: > > > > 1) After editing file: service cups restart > > > > 2) If you do a yum update and there's any update done to cups, a default > > instance of the above file is put back in place and you have to re-edit the > > file. > > I think I once managed to make the change permanent. But can't > remember anymore what exactly I did. It was long long time ago. > Something like checking I want the queue to be raw somewhere in > system-config-printer. I think. Can't find it anymore. You could always make the required changes and "chattr +i" the relevant config? Though I don't know what an RPM upgrade would do in that case where it would *normally* overwrite, would it create an .rpmnew? Might be worth testing. Will.