Re: CUPS Stable & Testing

[sdownes@cix.co.uk (sdownes)]

-------- Original Message --------

sdownes wrote:
>> Cannot get anything to print direct to lp or lpr. I can get it to 
>>print. .to 
>> lp -d lp@host no problem.
>> 
>> I appear to have the default printer set to lp & am working (initially) 
>> from that host. I can move the default to another printer but this 
>> makes no difference.
>> 
>> As some of my software will only print to lp &therefore will not print 
>> (notably openoffice) this is a pain.
>> 
>> Any ideas please?
>> 
>> Steve
>>
 
> 
>Which CUPS packages do you have installed?  I am using CUPS here and 
>OpenOffice + all other apps print just fine.  Specifically, do you have 
>the cupsys-bsd package installed?  This package allows printing via CUPS 
>from apps that are looking for a BSD-style printing system.
>>
>I am willing to compare setups, but will need a bit more info about 
>yours...

>Cheers,
>-Don Spoon-


I've got the deb  stable packages installed with default settings at 
present but had the same problem with the testing version & played about 
with a lot of settings in that before purging it & starting again.  I do 
have cupsys cupsys-client & cupsys-bsd installed but not the gimp package.