Re: printing package: cups vs LPRng
On Friday 05 March 2004 09:21, Ira Abramov wrote: accept(8), cancel(1), disable(8), enable(8), lp(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpstat(1), reject(8), CUPS Software Administrators Manual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html they split it for several reasons I suppose, but I'll leave the design arguments aside, the same API (if not more) is available in CUPS. accept/reject, disable/enable, lp, lpstat, cancel are taken directly from SysV spooler (the old lpsched and its ilk). lpr, lprm lpq and lpc are from the BSD spooler (old lpd). So CUPS tries to provide both sets to help migrations from both environments (remember that CUPS targets not only Linux, but the Unix market (or what's left of it :-) in general). -- Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron Software is like Entropy: it's hard to grasp, weighs nothing and obeys the Second Law of Thermodynamics, i.e. it always increases -- Norman Augustine = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing package: cups vs LPRng
Quoting David Harel, from the post of Thu, 04 Mar: Hi, I got fed up with cups and installed LPRng but it seems to me that on I can't remember anymore why I hated it so, but I tried LPRng for a week and immediately switched to cups some year or two ago and have used cups happily ever since... can you tell us why you are so fed up with it? -- You can call me Al Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing package: cups vs LPRng
Read the link below at LinuxToday ,an article by RMS, both funny and educating - yes you will configure cups eventually ! http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2004022602426OPDTDV Moish quote who=Ira Abramov Quoting David Harel, from the post of Thu, 04 Mar: Hi, I got fed up with cups and installed LPRng but it seems to me that on I can't remember anymore why I hated it so, but I tried LPRng for a week and immediately switched to cups some year or two ago and have used cups happily ever since... can you tell us why you are so fed up with it? -- You can call me Al Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing package: cups vs LPRng
Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting David Harel, from the post of Thu, 04 Mar: Hi, I got fed up with cups and installed LPRng but it seems to me that on I can't remember anymore why I hated it so, but I tried LPRng for a week and immediately switched to cups some year or two ago and have used cups happily ever since... can you tell us why you are so fed up with it? Quite simple, even though I like to use GUI tools I am used to the lpc command. With it, in LPRng, I can open/close both the input to the queue and the queue output (lpc commands start/stop, enable/disable). I did not find those features in cups. I need those features because my printing environment is on the network. But what is the matter anyway. Is cups is IN and LPRng is OUT? -- Thanks. David Harel, == Home office +972 4 6921986 Fax:+972 4 6921986 Cellular: +972 54 534502 Snail Mail: Amuka D.N Merom Hagalil 13802 Israel Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing package: cups vs LPRng
Quoting David Harel, from the post of Fri, 05 Mar: Quite simple, even though I like to use GUI tools I am used to the lpc command. With it, in LPRng, I can open/close both the input to the queue and the queue output (lpc commands start/stop, enable/disable). I did not find those features in cups. I need those features because my printing environment is on the network. and what bothers you is that all the functionality exists in the CUPS CLI but under different binary names? this is from lpc(8): SEE ALSO accept(8), cancel(1), disable(8), enable(8), lp(1), lpr(1), lprm(1), lpstat(1), reject(8), CUPS Software Administrators Manual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html they split it for several reasons I suppose, but I'll leave the design arguments aside, the same API (if not more) is available in CUPS. if you are missing those tools, you may have an RPM missing. on debian they are split to cupsys-client and cupsys-bsd (latter is lp/lpc/lprm compat binaries) But what is the matter anyway. Is cups is IN and LPRng is OUT? I remember reading somewhere that CUPS is more popular, can't remember where. I know it's better for me because of the one-stop-shop for all drivers and types of queues, and because the printouts are easier to fine-tune to what I need (special printing features of certain printer models, setting DPI and other stuff). like I said, I tried LPRng once and didn't like it, but I can't remember anymore why, it was too long ago. -- Fuel for the soul Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
