struggling w/ reliable printers on CUPS in small office
by Bradley Noyes
WLug-gers,
tl;dr: Can someone recommend a printer (or printer brand) that is reliable for printing via CUPS?
I’m struggling w/ printers in a small office and i've struggled to get any kind of guidance on-line. The volume of pages printed at the office is probably around 100 pages a day and there are 4 printers — all HPs and all consumer grade — each printer has its purpose, e.g. there's an 11x17 printer, one color laser, one BW laster, one color inkjet. The office is all iMACs, which connect to a Linux CUPS server. The iMacs were networking directly w/ the printers, but i added the CUPS server to try to mitigate the poor reliability with only marginal results. Routinely printers become “paused” in CUPS so i need to go in and ‘unpause’ them, also some printers just fall of the network entirely. Inevitably the only printer that works most of the time is the ink-jet which is a lot more expensive to re-fill.
I’m looking for a reliable solution. If anyone has a recomendation that’d be great!
Thanks,
— Brad
3 months, 2 weeks
(text-based mp3 player) Anyone use mpg321/mpg123 ?
by Doug Mildram
Not trying to prove I'm the biggest dinosaur in the zoo,
but I do like TEXT windows ("Terminal",etc)
and to play my saved/local mp3 files,
mpg123 floats my boat
....especially to random-play-everything-from-a-file-list",
or just " cd ArtistDeJour ; mpg123 * */* " or such.
mpg321 is not in base Mint (nor other release's base generally) pkg list,
but Mint base+3rdparty DID grab everything else it / mpg321 needed.
( pardon confusion, 321 vs 123 = all the same,
if you apt-get or otherwise get "mpg321"
you get the "mpg123" command.)
I had it working on CentOS, with full features usable mid-stream,
( "h" would display a menu of commands like
" 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0" would jump to
10,20,.....90% portions of the track)
and so on. but I dumped CentOS on my fileserver-with-sound,
replaced with Mint 19.1 (which BTW solved a firefox-hangs-my-box issue)
and I lost the interactive features. e.g. "h" does nothing at the moment,
and when I run mpg123
I don't see the "type h for help" output I used to get.
So it's just not enabled!
Anyone else use this? -doug
p.s. whatever Remote Control option is, that's not what the trick needed,
though I don't understand it. (I stared at the args/Options below until
believing I didnt need any of these flags to use the cmds listed )
But what i CAN'T show at the moment is what the interactive cmds
(which "h" will list, normally) are (were until I upgraded).
But I think i will reboot on the centOS partition and try. -doug
=============non-human "manpage"-like help below.
$ mpg321 --help
High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2, and 3.
Version 0.3.2-1 (2012/03/25). Written and copyrights by Joe Drew,
now maintained by Nanakos Chrysostomos and others.
Uses code from various people. See 'README' for more!
THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Usage: mpg321 [options] file(s) | URL(s) | -
Options supported:
--verbose or -v Increase verbosity
--quiet or -q Quiet mode (no title or boilerplate)
--gain N or -g N Set gain (audio volume) to N (0-100)
--skip N or -k N Skip N frames into the file
--frames N or -n N Play only the first N frames
-o dt Set output devicetype to dt
[esd,alsa(09),arts,sun,oss]
--audiodevice N or -a N Use N for audio-out
--stdout or -s Use stdout for audio-out
--au N Use au file N for output
--cdr N Use cdr file N for output
--wav N or -w N Use wave file N for output
--test or -t Test only; do no audio output
--list N or -@ N Use playlist N as list of MP3 files
--random or -Z Play files randomly until interrupted
--shuffle or -z Shuffle list of files before playing
--loop N or -l N Play files N times. 0 means until
interrupted
-R Use remote control interface
-3 Restart "remote shell". Used only when in
"Remote control" mode.
-F Turn on FFT analysis on PCM data. Remote mode
only
-B Read recursively the given directories
-S Report mp3 file to AudioScrobbler
-K Enable Basic Keys
-x Set xterm title setting
-b Number of decoded frames for the output buffer
-p hostname:port Use proxy server
-u username:password Use proxy server basic authentication
-U username:password Use proxy server basic authentication by using
environment variables
--aggressive Try to get higher priority
--help or --longhelp Print this help screen
--version or -V Print version information
Basic keys:
* or / Increase or decrease volume.
m Mute/unmute
n Skip song.
This version of mpg321 has been configured with the libao default as its
default
libao output device.
5 months, 3 weeks
Re: DVI Initial Resolution
by Dennis Payne
Yes but I refuse to go backward unless I have to. xrandr is read only
under Wayland.
I found a simpler solution to my problem. The TV has an audio input
next to the VGA input that I didn't notice. Of course I'll have to buy
a VGA cable since I don't think my son will appreciate losing his
monitor cable for the project.
Still need to get a software interface running which doesn't need a
mouse and keyboard hooked up. EmulationStation has been suggested. I
plan on using open source games not emulators but it has "ports" which
allows running native applications. Just have to build it under Fedora
to test.
On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 02:41 +0000, Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG
wrote:
> It includes both. Gnome just ships with Wayland enabled by default,
> but you can change that. Not sure how xrandr works under Wayland.
>
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> From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019 9:41 PM
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> To: wlug(a)lists.wlug.org
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> WLUG wrote:
> > Could you set the resolution with xrandr using a systemd service?
> > Using something like
> >
> > this seems promising.
> >
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> > From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>
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> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:23 PM
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> > I've had the cub scouts build an arcade machine. The TV being used
> > for
> >
> > display is connected by DVI. Fedora defaults to a resolution the TV
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> > does not support. If I hookup a monitor on the VGA port I can set
> > the
> >
> > resolution of the second monitor but it switches back to an
> > unsupported
> >
> > resolution when the second monitor is disconnected. Anyone know how
> > to
> >
> > force a specific resolution on boot?
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Re: DVI Initial Resolution
by Dennis Payne
Fedora uses Wayland now. I assume xrandr would no longer apply.
On Mon, 2019-02-25 at 01:25 +0000, Krichevsky, Nicholas Jacob via WLUG
wrote:
> Could you set the resolution with xrandr using a systemd service?
> Using something like
>
> this seems promising.
>
>
>
>
> From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>
>
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:23 PM
>
> To: wlug(a)lists.wlug.org
>
> Cc: Dennis Payne
>
> Subject: [WLUG] DVI Initial Resolution
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>
> I've had the cub scouts build an arcade machine. The TV being used
> for
>
> display is connected by DVI. Fedora defaults to a resolution the TV
>
> does not support. If I hookup a monitor on the VGA port I can set the
>
> resolution of the second monitor but it switches back to an
> unsupported
>
> resolution when the second monitor is disconnected. Anyone know how
> to
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> force a specific resolution on boot?
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5 months, 3 weeks
DVI Initial Resolution
by Dennis Payne
I've had the cub scouts build an arcade machine. The TV being used for
display is connected by DVI. Fedora defaults to a resolution the TV
does not support. If I hookup a monitor on the VGA port I can set the
resolution of the second monitor but it switches back to an unsupported
resolution when the second monitor is disconnected. Anyone know how to
force a specific resolution on boot?
--
Dennis Payne <dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com>
5 months, 3 weeks
Reminder: Meeting Tomorrow (Feb. 21st) Topic: AWX Please note location!!!
by Tim Keller
Hey Gang,
This is a reminder that we've got a meeting tomorrow!
Time: 7pm
Date: Feb. 21st 2019
Location: Fuller Labs, Beckett Conference Room (Room 246)
https://maps.wpi.edu/?id=609#!m/105273
Topic: AWX
AWX is a platform for managing the automation of running ansible playbooks.
My talk will include an overview of ansible / git / gitlab and AWX as they
fit together as a system to manage configurations and software. For those
who use puppet/chef/salt, I'm sure there will be lively comparisons.
Refreshments and snacks will be provided and afterwards we'll head off
(likely to the Boynton) to continue the conversation.
Thanks,
Tim.
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constituents as "consumers".
5 months, 4 weeks
Meeting is on Thursday!!!
by Tim Keller
Apparently my proofreading skills were a bit off... The meeting is on
THURSDAY, Feb. 21st!
Thanks,
Tim.
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constituents as "consumers".
6 months
Reminder: WLUG Meeting THIS Thursday (2/21/2017): Topic: AWX
by Tim Keller
Hey Everybody,
We've got a meeting on Wednesday
Location: Fuller Labs, Beckett Conference Room, RM 246
Time: 7PM
Topic: AWX and Ansible.
AWX is the open source upstream version of Ansible Tower. This is a system
that automates the running of ansible playbooks on hosts. What's ansible?
Ansible is a management and configuration system for installing / modifying
and maintaining linux/unix machines. What's cooler is that AWX can natively
use git to manage configs. I'll talk about ansible, playbooks and then AWX.
As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for
dinner afterwards to continue to conversation.
Thanks,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
6 months
Reminder: NO MEETING TODAY!
by Tim Keller
Just a reminder, the meeting has been moved to Feb. 21st.
Thanks,
Tim.
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constituents as "consumers".
6 months
How do I get on daily emails only??
by John Spencer
I keep getting individual emails. I have tried to change the setting so I only get emails daily not every time someone posts.
Can you please make this change for me.
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