David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For printers on UNIX hosts, you probably want to use lpr:// with the
> host's address in the URL. Of course, the host has to be configured to
> allow remote printing, and you'll need to know the queue name.
Wow, that worked!!
[I could only find addre
On Sep 20, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Miles Bader wrote:
I run a debian machine at work where all the printers are "network
attached" (some are hanging off of unix machines, some have their own
print server builtin).
Windows machines seem to find all these printers "magically", but none
of the debian pr
On Sep 20, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
my dirty little secret is that I've *never* had trouble with CUPS and
don't understand all the problems that people have. Some of it I think
is just inertia (used lp* for a long time why should I change) which
is perfectly reasonable, IMO
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 12:17:56AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> to choose not to use cups). I'm baffled by the source of this
>> continued trouble, though I don't deny its existence.
>
> You should have stopped sooner! You're just baffled - FULL STOP!
>
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 04:09:05AM +0200, s. keeling wrote:
> I'll bite. It does. Install a print daemon (lpr(ng)), install
> anything else that's even remotely related to printing, it drags in
> CUPS, and CUPS blows away lpr(ng).
>
Funny, I haven't had anything drag in CUPS and blow away lpr
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
[snip]
to choose not to use cups). I'm baffled by the source of this
continued trouble, though I don't deny its existence.
You should have stopped sooner! You're just baffled - FULL STOP!
:-)
Nice to see you again! Still getting SPAM? I'm not.
Mike
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 12:20:08PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > my dirty little secret is that I've *never* had trouble with CUPS and
> > don't understand all the problems that people have. Some of it I think
> > is just inertia (used lp* for a l
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> my dirty little secret is that I've *never* had trouble with CUPS and
> don't understand all the problems that people have. Some of it I think
> is just inertia (used lp* for a long time why should I change) which
> is perfectly reasonable, IMO. A
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:49:37PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:35:15PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
> >> Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > that's better than the typical "cups sucks" flamewar we get..
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:35:15PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
>> Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> that's better than the typical "cups sucks" flamewar we get... cue in
> 3..2..1..
>
> A
I have to admit that I am pretty much enti
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:35:15PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
> > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > cupsys-bsd package provide /usr/bin/lpr. you should not need to
> > > install an additional package to get lpr functionality.=
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:35:15PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >
> > cupsys-bsd package provide /usr/bin/lpr. you should not need to
> > install an additional package to get lpr functionality.
> >
>
> Well, there you go. I did not have that par
Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> cupsys-bsd package provide /usr/bin/lpr. you should not need to
> install an additional package to get lpr functionality.
>
Well, there you go. I did not have that particular package installed,
rather having only cupsys and so on. This fixe
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:15:12PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
>
> I have an HP Deskjet printer which I have set up using CUPS. It has
> always functioned fine, and I can use lp to print without any problems,
> and openoffice, browsers and such work just fine. However, I use Emacs
> and would like to
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