On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 01:06:16PM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > I would like to know how you decided to install the "cups" package, since its > description says it provides a print *server*.
Well, three reasons: a) I thought a print server would provide print services, and that's what I wanted. I run plenty of other programs that provide services. b) The printing I have been doing I thought was the result of my having installed cups, but it was actually because I had long before installed lprng and had never uninstalled it. c) Also, "cups-bsd" sounded exotic, for I've no idea what the relation is of BSD and Debian. If I encountered cups-windows, I'd avoid it for the same reason. I mention this to show how ignorance let me down. > Nevertheless the cups package > depends on the package "cups-clients" which contains "client programs (SysV)", > i.e., the lp command for submitting a print job. > > So you don'nt need another package for printing with dvips, just change the > configuration of dvips in /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps line 20 should > then > read (see comments in this file) > > %o |lp Ah, that's very simple - thanks. Now that I've installed cups-bsd there's no point in making the change, but good to know. Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
