btoneill
keeper of the cheese
The title says it all. I finally got around to getting my printers installed on my box. Setup my HP Deskjet 845c and HP Photosmart 130 with the latest HP drivers, and I was actually impressed, they are starting to be decent drivers, the P130 even shows ink levels! So, I get them setup on my box, and can print, yay!
Now, for the hard part, getting them to work over the network. With Jaguar I went thru all the fun of messing with CUPS manually to get things to work over the network, it was a bear to get working right. So, with Panther I decided "what the hey, I'll do what a normal user does, I'll click on print sharing in the Sharing control panel". So, I click it, it says it's on... I don't believe it. So, I wander into the other room to my wifes new iMac. I download the drivers for the printers and install them (I actaully don't think I needed to do this, just did it to be safe). I then open up the printer utility, and there is a pretty little section with a drop-down arrow "Shared printers". Wow, this is new I think. So, I highlight one, set it as default. I then go into mail to print, the print menu comes up, and when I select the printer, wow, it has "Shared printers" listed, so I pick the one I want, and magically it actually printed! I looked out side, and the world hadn't ended, the sky hadn't fallen, and I pinched myself and I wasn't dreaming!
Low and behold, Apple finally made print sharing work!!! I have now decided the Rendezous really really rocks, and not just for iTunes anymore
OK, I'm over the joy now... kinda... back to your regularly scheduled problems, complaints, and whining
Brian
Now, for the hard part, getting them to work over the network. With Jaguar I went thru all the fun of messing with CUPS manually to get things to work over the network, it was a bear to get working right. So, with Panther I decided "what the hey, I'll do what a normal user does, I'll click on print sharing in the Sharing control panel". So, I click it, it says it's on... I don't believe it. So, I wander into the other room to my wifes new iMac. I download the drivers for the printers and install them (I actaully don't think I needed to do this, just did it to be safe). I then open up the printer utility, and there is a pretty little section with a drop-down arrow "Shared printers". Wow, this is new I think. So, I highlight one, set it as default. I then go into mail to print, the print menu comes up, and when I select the printer, wow, it has "Shared printers" listed, so I pick the one I want, and magically it actually printed! I looked out side, and the world hadn't ended, the sky hadn't fallen, and I pinched myself and I wasn't dreaming!
Low and behold, Apple finally made print sharing work!!! I have now decided the Rendezous really really rocks, and not just for iTunes anymore
OK, I'm over the joy now... kinda... back to your regularly scheduled problems, complaints, and whining
Brian
