How to configure printer in Kubuntu 8.10

[Art Alexion]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Lindsay Mathieson
<lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:52:12 pm Art Alexion wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Lindsay Mathieson
>>
>> <lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Perhaps the KDE/Ubuntu team is focusing more on newer hardware these
>> > days? I remember being quite surprised that my usb connected printer
>> > (Samsung ML-2010) was silently auto detected and configured perfectly
>> > without me ever needing to do a thing. It even got the model number
>> > right.
>>
>> I think the credit is probably deserved by the CUPS developers more
>> than distro or desktop environment developers.  The former develop the
>> soul of the printing system, while the latter just dress her up.
>>
>
>
> Ah, well good job whoever did it. I remember the horrors of configuring
> printers a few years ago :(
>
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One of the nicest things about CUPS these days (if you install the
server) is that other Linux and Mac OSX computers will automatically
add and configure your printers.  You only need to set them up on one,
always running machine on the network.


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