Add Printer Wizard/Print Manager Help Needed

[Goffioul Michael]

> Michael, thanks for the speedy reply. It seems I can use 
> localhost via 
> my Mozilla browzer but not
> via print manager.  I did installed my cx6400 via browzer 
> http://localhost:631, so apparently I have
> cupsd started although I do not find the file anywhere on my 
> hard drive 
> or the configuration file.

/etc/cups/*

> The printer, now installed, wont print the test under print manager.  
> The cups+gimp-print v4.2.7 driver
> is installed and the filter is enscript text filter, all as 

You shouldn't have any filter installed by default. Remove any ~/.lpoptions
file (and maybe /etc/cups/lpoptions).

> my original 
> setup which worked flawlessly under the
> cups-1.1.23-4 version I had at the time.  But the printer 
> wont print the 
> test in print print manager set up the same way with 
> cups-1.1.23-7, or 
> any thing else I tried to print.   Both were Debian packages. 
>  This message
> appears when I click the test button under manager/ instances:
> The MIME type application/postscript is not supported as input of the 
> filter chain (this may happen with non-CUPS spoolers when performing 
> page selection on a non-PostScript file). Do you want KDE to 
> convert the 
> file to a supported format?  I click yes, selected every option, none 
> work, get message:
> No appropriate filter found. Select another target format on 
> all selections.
> It seems that postscript somehow got involved and I don't 
> know what to 
> do about it or if I caused it.

PostScript is the standard format use in the UNIX printing world. When
printing from a KDE app, a PostScript file is generated and sent to the
print system, which then convert it to a format suitable for your printer.
But the fact that you get such a message is weird. Be sure that you have
the correct print plugin selected (combo box at the bottom of the print
manager) and that it is correctly configured (CUPS server and port: go
to the KDEPrint Settings dialog).

Michael.