graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > >> Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > >> when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). > > > > So why run cups? Use LPRng and Apsfilter or foomatic print filters. > > Cos what I'd understood from other threads was that this would mean > swimming against the tide, since cups is now the default for both debian
Yes, it is swimming against the tide. Big deal, && fsck 'em. CUPS has made a mess of *nix printing. All you need to do to enable *nix printing is find your printer's driver, install lpr(ng), then hack /etc/printcap (which is pretty damned simple): lp0|To Your Left: \ :lp=/dev/lp0: \ :force_localhost: \ :if=/usr/bin/foomatic-rip: \ :ppd=/usr/local/ppd/Epson-Stylus_Photo_870-Stp870p.upp.ppd: \ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: \ :mx#0:sh: It just works. CUPS is *way* unnecessary. The biggest problem with *nix printing is trying to figure out how to install something without dragging in CUPS too. :-P Even if you have lpr(ng) installed, CUPS chooses to replace them, and tends to get away with it! Be vigilant. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]