Re: printer setup

[Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org>]

Juergen Fiedler <juergen@fiedlerfamily.net> writes:

> The one in unstable is not quite as old, I assume: 1.1.4-3. Would that 
> do? I tried it and when I connected to the web based admin tool and 
> tried to add a new printer, it gave me only 6 choices for the printer 
> type: file, ipp and the various serial ports.

Are you sure you're running that version?  (Maybe you need to restart
cups, though I believe the install does that.)  On my 1.1.4-3, "LPD/LPR
Host or Printer" is listed on the web tool right after IPP.

Check to make sure you have a /usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd file... it's
in the cupsys package.

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