Re: CUPS

["Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net>]

Thus spake Dimitri Maziuk (dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu):

> * Robert L. Harris (Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net) spake thusly:
> > 
> > 
> > I think I have my printer configured correctly.  I want to do an "lp
> > /etc/passwd" as a test of straight up printing.  
> 
> So what happens if you just type "lp /etc/passwd"?


{0}:albatross:/var/log>lp /etc/printcap
request id is hpdj880c-4 (1 file(s))
{0}:albatross:/var/log>lpq
no entries

This is what confused me.  

> ...There's no entry in
> > /etc/printcap for my printer.  Do the deamons use /etc/printcap?  If
> > not, how do I just print from cmdprompt, check queue's, etc?
> 
> RTFM. There is no printcap, /etc/printcap.cups has only printer 
> names in it. Relevant files are in /etc/cups. CUPS comes with its 
> own lp & friends (and lpr if you install cupsys-bsd) that know
> about all that.

Ok, this makes sense.   I read another thread about enabling the CR->LF
conversion but don't see such an option ( run an HP printer).



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