On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:34:01 +0100 Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> �Charles A Edwards� sagte am 2002-02-13 um 15:13:22 -0500 : > > Hell. > > It been awhile since I have used it. > > But from what I remember the print control was equal or better to that > > offered in cups. > > What are you talking about? cups doesn't offer any (GUI) print control > by itself. It relies on external programs like xpp, kprinter... I was not meaning tha cup had gui control, only that if using lpr tools of a like nature were available. > > Granted it has been a year, it is the default printting system for RH > > which is where my only experiance with it comes. > > My problem with it is that it is kinda hard to to share printers using > > Cups network when 1 system and printer is set for lpr. > > ? cups is primarily a printer server running ipp. So you can set your > clients to connect to http://server:631/printers/PrinterName. This also > works in Windows. Further, there's a mini-lpd printer daemon built in > to cups which allows printer clients to connect using lpr protocol. To > enable it, do "chkconfig cups-lpd on". Also CUPS itself is able to > connect to remote printers using lpr. > > In case you haven't noticed - I very much like cups ;) I also like cups. I have 6 systems using it sharing an inkjet and laser printer. I was only offering lpr as a suggestion If you were no longer able to use cups as you wished. Charles
