Re: cupsd, hplip on demand?
On Nov 24, 2007 9:41 AM, André Berger <andre.berger@web.de> wrote:
> I'm on an Etch system with limited memory and CPU power, which I'm
> trying to optimize in terms of software. The box acts a CUPS print
> server with two queues, one raw queue and one HP PSC-1110 queue. The
> HP AIO needs HPLIP to function.
>
> As we rarely print, I have already reniced cupsd and the hplip
> processes to the max. But I would like to reduce the memory usage in
> general as well.
>
> Is it possible to start these services on demand, instead keeping
> them running all the time?
I don't know about starting cups on demand, but the more recent
versions of hplip are library-based instead of using a daemon. Hplip
isn't in backports, but you could get it from the sourceforge site.
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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