Re: Canon printer minor quibble
On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 14:20:43 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Friday 30 September 2016 14:02:05 Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 01:31:03PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 20:54:32 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:31:45PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 29 September 2016 16:03:38 Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > > > > > which I find ironic
> > > > > > considering what the U of CUPS stands for
> > > > >
> > > > > Why? MacOSX is Unix based (via BSD) and CUPS is supposed to be
> > > > > common to all Unices (though I have only used it on Linux and
> > > > > MacOSX).
> > > >
> > > > Precisely, Lisi. Precisely.
> > >
> > > The "U" in CUPS officially doesn't stand for anything. The same applies
> > > to the "C", "P" and "S".
> >
> > According to whom, Brian? (Apart from you, obviously :) ). According to
> > the Internet (so it _must_ be true) it stands for Common Unix Printing
> > System. Are they, and the Gutenprint driver which prints that on its
> > test pages, just making sh*t up then? (To be fair I don't know which
> > component creates the test page, but I do know, because I am sitting
> > here with one about an inch away from my left hand, that when you ask
> > CUPS to print a test page, it prints that on the test page.)
> >
> > Mark (who is trying to figure out how Wheezy is going to figure in this
> > driver install...)
>
> It also says most of it, definitely that U stands for Unix, on the home page
> of the CUPS web interface.:
It definitely does not say that. Nowhere is "U" equated with "Unix"
> "CUPS 1.7.5
> CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple
> Inc. for OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems." followed by a large
> capital C containing the words "Unix Printing System".
It does indeed say this. The "C" is not equated anywhere with "Common".
A bottle of sauce made by HP (a division of Heinz) can have a picture of
what looks the London Houses of Parliament on its label. Does that tell
you what HP officially stands for? That is, if it stands for anything at
all.
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