Printer driver trouble

[Goffioul Michael]

Do you have "foomatic-datafile" somewhere in your PATH (the print
manager looks in standard locations [aka PATH] + /usr/sbin
+ /usr/local/sbin + /opt/sbin + /opt/local/sbin)? If yes, can you
execute it: look at foomatic-datafile help, and use the driver/printer
pair mentionned in the error message as arguments to the "-d" and
"-p" flags.

To be clearer, if the error message you get is:
[...]Unable to create the Foomatic driver [p1,p2].[...]

then try this command:

foomatic-datafile -t cups -d p2 -p p1

Does it succeed?

Michael.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Packer [mailto:robert at nrc.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 17:26
> To: kde-print at kde.org
> Subject: Printer driver trouble
> 
> 
> 
> 
> HI,
> I've been trying to add a printer, actually I've tried to install two 
> different printers and get the same error. When I go to the 
> Add Printer 
> wizard and I choose a driver to use from the list provided in 
> the driver 
> selection window and click next I get the error:
> 
> Unable to load the requested driver:
> Unable to create the Foomatic driver
> [whichEverDriverIChoose]. Either that driver does not exist, 
> or you don't have 
> the required permissions to perform that operation.
> 
> I've tried every driver in the list for both printers and get 
> the same results 
> every time. What the heck? Hopefully it's just some dumb 
> newbie thing that 
> y'all can point out. Thanks.
> 
> The 2 printers that I've tried have been:
> Brother HL-1240
> HP PhotoSmart 7350
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Robert Packer
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