Ok, I installed Cups+Gutenprint on my server because Magicfilter doesn't
support my "new" printer. After a struggle I have it printing pdfs both
locally and remotely.
Plain text, however, is too much for it. With Magicfilter I just typed
"lpr filename" and everything just worked, whether the file was plain
text or pdf. With Cups "lp filename" (lpr is gone) works fine for a pdf