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[Patrick Shanahan <ptilopteri@xxxxxxxxx>]

* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [01-01-70 11:34]:
> HP 970Cxi, SuSE 9.3.  Printer stopped printing after it ran out of paper.  
> Yes, of course it has paper in it now.  I have 2 of these printers, and 
> neither one will print anymore, altho when I  exchanged them, the system said 
> "Found new hardware, do you want to configure it?" So I did, and it printed a 
> test page.  But now I can't seem to get back into the configuration, which 
> must have some sort of problem, and the
> d....d Linux wants to open a wallet, whatever that means, and it 
> wants a user name and a password, neither of which I know.  (I never set up 
> any wallet, or any password for that, as far as I recall.) This printer is 
> connected via USB. Now what?

you don't say which versin of cups (? <1.2) or openSUSE, but if cups
is less than 1.2, try:  /usr/bin/enable <cups-printer-name>

The path is necessary as 'enable' is a bash built-in command with a
different function.

> Second printer problem:  I would be happy to use my Laserjet, but for some
> reason the configuration says that YaST didn't set up HPLIP--it would seem
> that it can't--and when I try to test the configuration the print light on the
> Laserjet starts to flash, but it doesn't print anything either.  This printer 
> is connected via parallel port.

??

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