FBSD6.1 cups w/gimp-print drivers

Micah micahjon at ywave.com
Thu Jul 13 05:30:17 UTC 2006


Pete C wrote:
> I'm trying to get my printer working with a realtivly new install of 6.1 
> Release w/ Gnome . . . cups and gimp-print were installed as 
> dependancies (I guess, as I didn't pick them) . . .
> 
>  . . . all I've been able to find tells me I need to get gimp-print 
> drivers (for my canon S530D) working w/ cups . . .
> 
> . . . I've enabled cups, and in trying to add the printer I only get a 
> small list of printer drivers and canon isn't one of them . . .
> 
> . . . how do I get cups to use the gimp-print drivers ? ? ?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Pete C

You have to build gimp-print with the WITH_CUPS=yes knob set, otherwise 
it doesn't add itself properly to cups.

HTH,
Micah


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