This will sound snotty, I know, but I really don't mean it to. I'm very happy that those of you who successfully use CUPS on your systems, whatever the o/s happens to be, can do so. But that doesn't answer my basic question of how to get LO 3.5.2.2 to work as it did in previous releases, WITHOUT cups. Everything else installed on my system, without exception, works with the lpd/lp printer queues and daemon and, because it worked in the same environment previously, there's no reason that LO should not. If LO has changed to _require_ cups and only cups in order to print, then I submit that that's a major blunder on the part of the developers - not everybody who wants to run LO needs or wants cups.
So, the questions are, first, is it true that LO REQUIRES cups since the last release and, second, if not, how can I configure LO to recognize and accept my printers? I have followed the printer installation and setup guides provided by LO and regularly get an error panel telling me that printers can't be installed because the file system is read-only. I'm not told WHAT file system (which might give me a chance to work around the problem if I knew), nor is there any indication that there are any special requirements, like cups, that must be met before I can configure my printers in LO. Bob Melson > Hi, > > I've been running Linux (Ubuntu) for 3+ years with nothing but cups > drivers. There have been about 8 different printers, some inkjet and > some laser, some networked and some not networked. Cups is the only > thing I've ever used. I've had very, very few issues. Basically almost none. > > Don > > On 04/29/2012 08:03 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > > > > 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 > >> > > > > > > -- > > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > Don C. Myers > e-PRO Certified by the National Association of Realtors > Manager, Farm and Rural Property Division > *Coldwell Banker University Realty > *126 East Foster Avenue, State College, PA 16801 > Phone: 814-237-6543 Fax: 814-237-6502 > Visit the Farm and Rural Property Division Website at > www.cbur-ruralproperty.com <http://www.cbur-ruralproperty.com/>_ > _View Don's farm website: www.myersfarm.com <http://www.myersfarm.com/> > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > > > -- > 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
