[sf-lug] CUPS printer on Leopard

[Nathan Hoover]

Thanks for your help! I followed these directions, and found the proper
settings on that advanced tab.

Thanks to everyone else who contributed as well.

Regards,
Nathan

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Tyler Trafford <ttrafford at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nathan Hoover wrote:
> > This isn't really a Linux question *per se *but it's related. I have a
> > printer (Samsung CLP-300 fwiw) connected to my Ubuntu 8.04 home server.
> The
> > printer works fine on the server, and my Windows boxes, where I created a
> > new port, with the URL as follows:
> >
> > http://my-server:631/printers/CLP-300
> >
> > That works fine... but I am having trouble configuring it to work on my
> > Macbook running OS X 10.5. It doesn't seem to support the "http..." port
> > syntax. Has anyone succesfully configured such a setup and has some
> advice?
> > I tried the obvious combinations in the print dialog but nothing seemed
> to
> > work.
>
> There should be an "Advanced" button where you can add different printer
> types.
>
> Or rather, there is if you first:
>
> 1. Open System Preferences
> 2. Select Printers & Fax
> 3. Click the "+" sign in order to start the adding process
> 4. With this pane open, Cntrl + Click the menu bar to "Customize Toolbar"
> 5. Drag the "Advanced" button onto the menu bar
>
> --
> Tyler Trafford
>
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