[cups.general] network printer setup

[Peter Flynn]

Jerome Alet wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 03:44:37PM -0500, kelvin wrote:
> 
>> I am a new user to Ubuntu and a bit of a dummy. I dont know if 
>> this message is posted in the right place even. Can someone show me 
>> in simple terms how to install a printer which is located on a print 
>> server on my LAN. 
> 
> On a distribution which doesn't suck, for example Debian, you'd point
> your web browser to http://localhost:631/ and from there it's (almost)
> obvious.
> 
> But some Debian-based distro makers decided they knew better...

BTW is it safe to remove the CUPS package from Ubuntu and install and 
compile CUPS from scrach? Will this be an improvement?

///Peter