[Tfug] lpr and unknown printer

Glen Pfeiffer glen at thepfeiffers.net
Sun Mar 2 22:11:39 MST 2008


On 03/02/2008 04:26 AM, Robert Hunter wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 10:53:15PM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
>> Using 'lp -d tp0 test.txt' works. So that then raises my next 
>> question, why does lpr fail to see the printer and lp does not?
> 
> On debian or ubunutu (and assuming you are using cups), you need the
> cupsys-bsd package.
> 
The cupsys-bsd description says that provides the BSD commands 
for interfacing with CUPS. Does that mean that lpr cannot 
interface with CUPS?

-- 
Glen 





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