Noel Torres <env...@rolamasao.org> writes: > Just curious... > > Why not using CUPS ? > > I've been using it since times' night with no issues.
For me, the answer is that I see no benefit in getting accustomed with something as complicated (looking) as CUPS for as long as I don't want more than to run some input file through a pipeline of filters (nowadays provided by the printer vendor) and then send it to some output device. Judging from the (incomplete) information Hendrik Boom posted, he originally used lp=515@172.25.1.122 515 is the lpd printer port. Trying to print to a printer defined in this way ought to result in an "invalid services" message (or something like that) as the abstract syntax of this entry (for a network printer) is <printer name>@<host>[%<port>] (the port is optional and defaults to 515) By the time he posted this for the first time, I suggested using something like lpq -Pall@<host> (or an equivalent lpc command). A later mail he sent showed the lp entry as lp=POSTSCRIPT_P1@172.25.1.15 this is correct for accessing the 'PostScript queue' on a Brother network printer (which supports PostScript). The Brother printer driver (aka 'input filter') should take care of the rest. This works for me and (reportedly) also for him. NB: I don't claim there is no Evil Black Magic[tm] going on here, just that I haven't ever encountered any. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng