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eyemeansit

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From: Florida, USA

Registered: 2008-09-05

Posts: 14

[Solved] No printer setup module in KDE 4.1 System Settings

I have cups installed, and gutenprint, but I really don't know how to use them outside of the normal KDE 4.1 gui. However, when I invoke "System Settings" I see no printer setup module in either the General or the Advanced tabs. Any ideas what I might be missing?

I'm hoping to setup my Canon i560, which ran very nicely under Kubuntu 8.04.

Thanks!

-Les-

Last edited by eyemeansit (2008-09-11 03:43:32)

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: [Solved] No printer setup module in KDE 4.1 System Settings

KDE printer stuff should be back with 4.2: http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/ … an#kdelibs

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eyemeansit

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From: Florida, USA

Registered: 2008-09-05

Posts: 14

Re: [Solved] No printer setup module in KDE 4.1 System Settings

So... KDE 4.1 users... how did you set up your printers? Using KDE 3.5 stuff?

eyemeansit

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From: Florida, USA

Registered: 2008-09-05

Posts: 14

Re: [Solved] No printer setup module in KDE 4.1 System Settings

Okay, here's how I worked around the issue...

a) I opened http://localhost.localdomain:631/printers/canoni560, which accesses the CUPS printer administration program in Firefox.
b) I chose a different driver by deleting the i560 printer and selecting "add printer," then selected the "Canon i560 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2" driver
c) Bingo. It worked.