yum-less PSC 1610 driver install?

[Chris Aitken]

Peter wrote:

>
> Can you not work with ptal instead ? I use ptal with a 1310 USB.

Hmm. I read a little about that. Never tried it. Lots of questions 
there. Is it something I install or just run? Is it included on RH9? 
Would I be printing from command line instead of GUI apps (like OO)? Is 
printing across a network a problem (the hp psc 1610 is on another machine)?

The problem for me with anything on linux (because of time constaints 
and lack of understanding about the ten peripheral topics that I have to 
learn everytime I want to do anything new) is that I have to pick a 
solution and just go after it (no matter what). So, I have to choose 
ptal or hplip or whatever and keep hakcing away at it no matter where it 
takes me (library instals, OS installs, software install...).

This is not going to happen for me today, obviously. The HP PSC 1610 is 
hooked up to my production machine (P733). I got it printing by 
following the instructions to install hplip using yum. Now I want my 
wife/business partner) to be able to print to that printer across the 
network from her production machine (AMD Duron 800). My machine has FC2 
on it and is pretty friendly to new things now as I have done so much 
work on it (libraries and such) to get Thunderbird, and Rosegarden (and 
maybe a couple of other things) installed and working. My wife's machine 
is RH8 (Psyche), however, and is more anemic of libraries. I may have to 
install FC2 on her machine over the March Break -- that way I can take 
my successful P733 troubleshoots and repeat them on the AMD800.

I would consider FC4 on both machines as the HP PSC 1610 driver is 
probably there, but I would have to see is my machines will work OK with 
that OS. Also, I don't have the FC4 CDs and have never made bootable OS 
CDs before - though I have a burner on P733 and know how to use it. All 
these things tkae time to learn/do so I also have to decide if I want to 
have her printing in on  month, tow months or three months.  I'm not 
being dramatic here. I have two jobs, travel 1000 km a week. The time I 
have to devote to this is precious little. However, I am determined -- 
I've been using linux for years now - it's what we run our home business 
on. I won't use Windows, on moral grounds.

I don't even have that interface (what is it called, anyway?) on the 
AMD800 machine that comes up when I type http://localhost:631/ on the 
P733 machine.

Chris

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