I'm trying out cups for the first time, and I'm having a few problems, mostly
because I don't think I understand the architecture well enough.
I first thought that it replaced lpr, but now I'm not so sure. Which
packages should I have installed? I'm only printing to an SMB printer for
the time being. I've got what I think is a half-baked installation:
[ewilts@linux1 Mail]$ ls -l /usr/bin/lp*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7276 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lp*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6016 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lphelp*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7736 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lpoptions*
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lppasswd*
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 15824 Mar 22 08:44 /usr/bin/lpq*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8404 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lpq-cups*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2406 Aug 9 02:19 /usr/bin/lpqall.faces*
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 18672 Mar 22 08:44 /usr/bin/lpr*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7500 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lpr-cups*
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 16528 Mar 22 08:44 /usr/bin/lprm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6164 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lprm-cups*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16404 Sep 9 10:16 /usr/bin/lpstat*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3212 Mar 22 08:44 /usr/bin/lptest*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2511 Aug 17 04:25 /usr/bin/lpunlock*
Should not lpr-cups replace lpr and similarly for the rest? Although I have
installed lpr, I installed cups afterwards, and from reading how cups should
operate, I suspect that I may need links from lpr to lpr-cups. Here's the
packages I have installed:
[ewilts@linux1 Mail]$ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/lpd
lpr-0.50-2mdk
[ewilts@linux1 Mail]$ rpm -q lpr
lpr-0.50-2mdk
[ewilts@linux1 Mail]$ rpm -qa | grep cups
qtcups-1.0-7mdk
cups-1.1.2-19mdk
cups-drivers-0.3.6-9mdk
What should I do to get this mess cleaned up?
Thanks,
.../Ed
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Ed Wilts
Mounds View, MN USA
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