Thus said Tobias Ulmer on Wed, 17 Feb 2016 19:51:28 +0100:
> No really, it is outdated beyond rescue.
But it does work (at least in some configurations). To enable my
PostScript printers, all I have to do is add a single line to
/etc/printcap... well, maybe 2 lines.
printer:\
:lp=:rm=printer:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/output/printer:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:
That's it. Can it be more simple? CUPs is a nightmare, however it too
works if one wants to spend the time with it.
For non-PostScript printers, it would be nice to be able to just use
:if: in the printcap (which I do use successfully with another
non-PostScript printer):
:if=/var/spool/output/printer/filter
Of course, this would require the ability to figure out what kinds of
things need to go into the filter. I suppose this is one of the things
that CUPs tries to solve but without the simplicity of :if:
Anyway, just some musings. Is there anyone else out there using
lpr/lpd/lprm from base? Maybe I'm the only one?
Thanks,
Andy
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