You want to use it, that's fine. I should probably have said it's not necessary for all printing environments, such as desktops with attached printer. CUPS adds a layer of complexity to an otherwise simple installation - lpd/lp "just work". If that's not the case with you and CUPS slides into place and works, great. Just remember, one size does NOT fit all.
Bob Melson [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > > Well, ALL my printers, network and USB, have CUPS-based drivers. One > only has a CUPS-based driver and not any other type. > > What is wrong with CUPS for the single user printing systems? > > I use a Ubuntu desktop with 4 different printers, one being an older USB > printer. I have not had any problems with CUPS based drivers. > > I still use 3.4.6, so I do not know about 3.5.2.2, but my question is > why CUPS is not appropriate for desktops with attached printers. Never > have heard this before and I have been using CUPS since Ubuntu 9.04. > > On 04/29/2012 02:10 AM, Bob Melson wrote: > > Just installed 3.5.2.2 as an update in FreeBSD (8.3, AMD64 and i386) and > > am unable to configure printers following the LibreOffice help page for > > installing printers under unix. As well, there is no default printer. > > > > Following the help page instructions, I have gone to > > <install-path>/libreoffice/program and have attempted to run spadmin. > > Doing so, I receive an error message (message panel) telling me that no > > printers can be installed because the file system is read-only, but no > > indication what filesystem it's referring to. So, where do I look or, > > better yet, what do I do to get my printers configured? > > > > I've been told, informally, that LO has gone from supporting lpd/lp > > printing to a cups-only regime. If so, I suggest that this is a major > > blunder since cups is not appropriate for many situations - small > > installations with few users, desktops with attached printers, etc. > > What's the truth here? > > > > Bob Melson > > > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes -- Thomas Paine -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
