[ale] lprng long shot

[Jim Kinney]

Yep. Check the links from openprinting. The'll get you to Ricoh site and
they have everything.

And yes. lprng is dead. long live cups (until we get something better!)

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Damon Chesser <dchesser at acsi2000.com> wrote:

> "but they don't support cups"  who is "they"?  Ricoh?  I assume so, because
> I assume you know Debian supports cups.  Just being redundant in case you
> don't know.
>
> Damon Chesser
> dchesser at acsi2000.com
> damon at damtek.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John
> Heim
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 5:35 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] lprng long shot
>
> Really? Lprng died? I hadn't heard that. Ricoh provides scripts to
> configure
> a printer in lprng but they're for Red Hat and/or suse. We use debian. But
> they don't support cups.
>
> Gawd, what a mess.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] lprng long shot
>
>
> > Ouch! lprng died a silent death several years ago. CUPS (with all it
> warts
> > and glory) is the printing subsystem for *NIX now.
> >
> > Are you stuck with lprng or can you replace it with cups? There is a
> > postscript driver for it cups.
> > http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Ricoh/Ricoh-Aficio_MP_C4501
> > That may get you moving on configuring with lprng
> >
> > I think lprng was an acronym of (l)ine (pr)inter (n)o (g)ood
> >
> > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:54 PM, John Heim <john at johnheim.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm trying to config a Ricoh  Aficio MP C4501  printer under lprng. I
> >> don't
> >> suppose anybody has a ifhp config for that printer?
> >>
> >>      Failing that, does anyone know how to get on the lprng support
> list?
> >> There is a link to a subscription address on the lprng home page but
> mail
> >> to
> >> that address bounces.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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James P. Kinney III

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
- *2011 Noam Chomsky*
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