Re: cups yet again

graham <graham@theseamans.net>:

>  Douglas Allan Tutty 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).

 > 
 >  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.

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