[CentOS] RE: CUPS and system-config-printer question

Sat Jul 12 21:40:47 UTC 2008
Al Sparks <data345 at yahoo.com>



--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote:

> From: Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net>
> Subject: [CentOS] RE: CUPS and system-config-printer question
> To: centos at centos.org
> Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 9:32 AM
> John wrote:
> 
> > Where do I look to make that interface "see"
> the CUPS-only printers?
> 
> As a matter of interest, why do you want to use
> system-config-printer?
> 
> I've always found this completely useless,
> while the CUPS web interface seems quite straightforward.

I completely agree.  I'm just trying to make a colleague happy.

In fact, I am more of a CLI guy, and prefer to use xadmin to add, remove and configure printers.

But you're right, the CUPS interface is actually more straightforward
than the system-config-printer interface.
   === Al