On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:26:21 -0700 (PDT), Andrew Gould <andrewgo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Is there a way to use gutenprint drivers with lpd when the > printer definition is not in the foomatic database?
A "problem" is that CUPS seems to replace the default printer spooler mechanism. There are settings in /etc/rc.conf that have to be done in order to use CUPS and leave the lpd facility of the BSD system aside. > Is there something special I need to do for applications to see > CUPS printers? No. CUPS defines a printer name or uses the default "lp". You can set the environmental variable PRINTER to point to the default printer. CUPS works as a printer filter, called "driver" in MICROS~1 land. Input data is given to this filter, and it translates it into the natural language of the printer. This data is then handed to the printer spooler's waiting queue, and finally transmitted into the printer when it's online and ready. As an example, I have apsfilter as a printer filter which creates PCL from any input data (using gs) from any application. My printer has the name "Laserjet" (a HP Laserjet 4000 duplex). I'm using FreeBSD's printer spooler. In your case: You surely want to solve the potential problem of concurrent printer spoolers - those of the system (/usr/bin/lp*) and those of CUPS (/usr/local/bin/lp*). I think there's documentation around in the FreeBSD Handbook in the Printing section. Personally, I dislike CUPS, but it seems to be the only way to get unprinters work on FreeBSD - "modern" egg-laying woolmilksows that do not conform to any standards... -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
