[wplug] Looking for CUPS guidance

[John Harrold]

Sometime in November Don Shepherd assaulted the keyboard and produced:

| I am looking for pointers on CUPS.  I need to install a printer and I 
| have no clue where to start.

To install a new printer in cups open up a web browser as root and goto

http://localhost:631/

click on 'printers', goto the bottom of the page and click on 'add
printer'. Then follow the menus.

| My employer has been kind enough to provide me with a Linux laptop, 
| using RedHat Enterprise 3.0 WS.  CUPS is all set up for the office 
| netowrk printers.  But, now I need a printer when I am working at  home.
| 
| (Any suggestions on good printers to buy are appreciated.  I need simple 
| printing, preferably with color.)

I don't know how much you are willing to spend. I'm sure you want to spend
as little as possible, so this might be a little out of your price range.
We have a phaser 8400 which is a dye sublimation printer that does full
duplex. It's really fast and has really good quality. We have the version
with a network card and it works fine with linux/cups.

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