On 29 Apr, Stroller wrote: > > On 28 Apr 2010, at 15:27, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>> ... >>> Why do you need to bypass CUPS? >> >> Thanks, it's just for debugging. >> >> Printing some pdf files with acroread makes some printers >> hang here. >> To locate the problem source, I'd like to check if the printer >> works if it gets the postscript or pdf-file (there printer is assumed >> to accept postscript level 3). > > Have you tried using `lpr` at the command line? > > I *believe* something like `lpr /path/to/file.pdf` should work. >
Thanks, but lpr is just a front-end for cups. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
