Am Dienstag, 6. September 2011, 16:43:39 schrieb Alan Mackenzie:
> Is that right?  How about it being saner to conform to standardised
> interfaces, protocols and formats?

How about IPP?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol

Oh wait... that's what cups is using.

> No, the sane alternative is to use the `lpr' command, possibly augmented
> by special arguments for particular spoolers, but always having a
> fallback to standard `lpr'.  That way, everybody's happy.  Even me.  ;-)

How about the lpr command provided by cups?
Does it not work for you?

Michael


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