[cups] Cannot get CUPS up at localhost:631

[Jim Anderson]

Hi Doug,

Thank you for the information. I will try later today, hopefully.

Jim

On 05/31/2015 11:35 PM, Douglas Kosovic wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
>> I am in the process of moving a Dell 1130 printer to a different host PC on my local network.
>> The new host had CUPS 1.5.3 running. I tried getting the printer to work, but was not successful.
>> Before looking for help here, I decided I would upgrade to CUPS 2.0.2 so that cups is up to date on my system.
>> Do I need to install more software on my linux system?
> >From CUPS 1.6.0 onwards, the cups-filters package is a prerequisite for printing on Linux, see:
>      http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/cups-filters
>
> Along with the package dependencies cups-filters has, you need to install additional files for your Dell 1130 printer,  e.g. it needs 'rastertosamsungspl' and a PPD file :
>     https://github.com/martensms/dell1130-ubuntu
>
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
>
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