LPD/CUPS under konqueror

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> 
>> Till Kamppeter wrote:
>>
>>> This is a known bug 
>>
>>
>>
>> Huh?
>>
>> If so, it is unknown to me...
>>
>>> in the auto-detection done by KDE Print. Once switching the button to 
>>> CUPS manually it stays there and you have access to the full 
>>> functionality of CUPS.
>>>
>>> I CCed this also to the KDE Print mailing list.
>>>
>>> Michael, how is the spooler auto-detection supposed to work? How can 
>>> I have it automatically be CUPS on a system running only CUPS as 
>>> spooler.
>>>
>>>    Till
>>>
>>>
>>> Fred Bastok wrote:
>>>
>>>> Status : using cups on a local USB epson printer. Configured through 
>>>> printerdrake
>>>>
>>>> Want to print a page in konqueror.
>>>> The box "Printer system currently use :" shows Generic UNIX LPD 
>>>> Print System (default) instead of CUPS
>>>
>>>
>>
>> To my knowledge this only happens...
>>
>>   ...if the CUPS daemon is not started at the time you want to print
>>
>>   ...or if you had manually changed it to "Generic UNIX LPD" before.
>>
> 
> I have tested on a freshly installed machine with a fresh user now and 
> there CUPS was detected correctly (KDE 3.1.0). But sometimes I already 
> saw mis-detections.

Try this:

-- exit KDE(-3.1)
-- stop cupsd
-- delete (or re-name) $HOME/.kde/
-- start KDE(-3.1)
-- start kprinter

You should see it using "Generic UNIX LPD..."

Cheers,
Kurt