[ale] lprng long shot

[John Heim]

Well, now I've got another problem. how to convince my boss to convert to 
cups. I am a get it right the first time guy and she is a just get it 
working gal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] lprng long shot


> 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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>> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as 
>> > they
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> James P. Kinney III
>
> As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
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