Sorry.  Changed the subject line to A) reflect the content of this email 
and B) give the search engines some food.

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Shawn Fertch wrote:
> I'm working on getting a printer going on one of my Slackware systems 
> and am looking at cups as well.  I've skimmed through a couple of 
> printer how-tos, but they only mention cups in passing.  Any ideas on 
> where I can find a good step-by-step directions on how to set it up?
> 
> I'm using an HP-Deskjet 960c that's connected to an HP-JetDirect 170x box.

 What'dya know, I've got one of those on the other side of the office.  I 
haven't added it to this machine (which uses cups) yet.  What a perfect 
opportunity.
 I'm going to assume that you can get cups installed, and cupsd running.  
That's either the easy part (if you're installing from a package) or 
possibly the hard part (if from source).
 I'm using cups 1.1.10.  Evidently 1.1.15 is current.  *shrug*

 Fire up a web browser and go to http://localhost:631 .  (cupsd should be 
listening on that.)
 Click on "Manage Printers".
 On the next screen there should be a button that says "Add Printer".  
Click that.
 You'll be prompted for a login & password.  As sickening as it might be, 
log in as root.  (If someone can sniff the root password on a localhost 
connection, you've already got a problem.)
 Enter a printer name (no spaces), the location (not too significant if 
it's right next to you, but mine is three rooms away), and a description 
for the printer.
 The next screen will ask you for the connection method.  In your case, 
you'll want to choose "AppSocket/HP JetDirect".
 On the next screen, use "socket://<ip>:9100".  (For me, the port number 
is 9101, but that's because the printer is plugged into the second port on 
a 3-port JetDirect.)
 The next screen has manufacturers.  HP, obviously.
 Next, "HP DeskJet Series."  I'm not sure why, but "HP New DeskJet Series" 
isn't working for me.  That might be specific to 1.1.10, though.
 You should then see a screen saying "Printer <name> has been added 
successfully."  Click on the name, and you can print a test page, to be 
sure.