Re: CUPS

[Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org>]

Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com> writes:

> What's the difference between lp and lpr (other than the option syntax)? 
> I think I had a bad /etc/printcap until I ran magicfilterconfig, so I
> don't think lp would have worked.

If you have only the CUPS lp and lpr clients, the only difference is
the option syntax.

They don't use the printcap at all.  The cups server can generate a
fake printcap so that applications which look at it to determine
which printers are available work.

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