kprinter hangs

[Michael Goffioul]

Daniel Soper wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm fairly new to linux and have just installed a new HP PSC 1205 with CUPS.  
> It took a bit of time to get it working, but I can now print a test page 
> through CUPS.  However, when i go to Print from any KDE application 
> (therefore launching kprinter?) it hangs.  The dialog box opens, but stops 
> there while trying to find out the status of the printer.  I would love to 
> know how to stop this from happening!
> 
> For info, im using KDE 3.1 with mandrake 9.1.  I installed the hpoj from CVS 
> in order to get the printer working correctly.

If your printer is installed locally, cam you try to edit
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf and set "ServerName" to "localhost".
Then restart the CUPS server (su -c "service cups restart")
and try again.

Michael.

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