[olug] Hosed Distro...(Part Three?) NOW Printing Error

[Jon H. Larsen]

Did you add the printer as root or did it ask for the root password when 
it added your printer?





On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Joe Gulizia wrote:

> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:12:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Hosed Distro...(Part Three?) NOW Printing Error
> 
> 1)Open a document using Open Office.
> 
> 2)Go to ?File? ?Print?
> 
> 3)   Get options of ?Generic Printer? or ?Kprinter?.
> 
> 4)   If I choose ?Generic Printer? nothing happens
> when I try to print.
> 
> 5)   If I choose ?KPrinter? then the Kprint dialog
> comes up with a dashed line.
> 
> 6)   Open the KPrinter ?Add Printer Wizard? I can
> click the ?Next? button and get to what printer
> settings are available.
> 
> 7)   I click on ?Local Printer?,  ?Next?
> 
> 8)   Then ?Parallel? and then I need to enter
> something in the ?URI? field.  What goes in there?
> 
> 9)   If I put a number in the URI field, it will say
> Number doesn't match port then a driver database list
> opens.  Then I selected HP ? HP Deskjet 842C.
> 
> 10)  It comes up with a ?Test? and ?Settings? options
> page.
> 
> 11)  When I try to print I get ?Enter User Name? and
> ?Password? box.
> 
> 12)  Finally it comes back with ?Authentication
> Failed?.
> 
> Alas ?No Printing? possible.  Any help possible. 
> --- Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > After re-installing my SUSE 9.1 I "almost" have the
> > printer working.  I get the following errors --
> > after
> > using the K Printer function it comes up finally as
> > authentication failed.
> > 
> > I'll try  documenting the exact steps before I
> > re-post
> > anything.
> > 
> > Joe Gulizia
> > 
> > 
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