On 08/17/2010 12:29, Polytropon wrote:
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:05:05 -0700, Rem Roberti wrote:
I seem to recall
that there could be a path problem with lpr if CUPS is installed and one
tries to use lpd, but I've forgotten how to deal with that, if indeed
that is the problem.
CUPS inst
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:05:05 -0700, Rem Roberti wrote:
> I seem to recall
> that there could be a path problem with lpr if CUPS is installed and one
> tries to use lpd, but I've forgotten how to deal with that, if indeed
> that is the problem.
CUPS installs its binaries into /usr/local/bin, i
On 08/17/2010 12:05, Rem Roberti wrote:
Hi all. I'm having problems installing a printer on a new 8.1
installation. I want to do this sans CUPS and via lpd. lpd is
enabled in my /etc/rc.conf. Here is my printcap:
lp|photosmart:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
:af=/usr/local/share/ppd/HP/HP-Pho
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:45:58PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote:
>
> This has been an ongoing problem for me because of my lack of knowledge
> about the processes involved. I have a postscript printer which was
> installed using CUPS via the KDE printer wizard. The printer works fine
> when printin
On Friday 11 July 2008, Roland Smith wrote:
> You should define CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE when building cups. This will
> install cups's lp* programs over the system programs. The easiest
> way to do that is to add the following lines to /etc/make.conf:
>
> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/print/cups*}
> CUPS_OVERWRITE
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:45:58PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> This has been an ongoing problem for me because of my lack of knowledge
> about the processes involved. I have a postscript printer which was
> installed using CUPS via the KDE printer wizard. The printer works fine
> when printing
Ah, BSD you use..
its likely that /usr/bin/lp what you invoke is the wrong one (there is the path
set to it). If you have installed the cups-port, there will be another lp --
/usr/local/bin/lp -- the one cups uses (compare the filesize).
Rename /usr/bin/lp to /usr/bin/lp.backup so it will not
> > This has been an ongoing problem for me because of my lack of knowledge
> > about the processes involved. I have a postscript printer which was
> > installed using CUPS via the KDE printer wizard. The printer works fine
> > when printing from X apps, but I am unable to print from the command
Written by Rem P Roberti on 07/11/08 14:45>>
> This has been an ongoing problem for me because of my lack of knowledge
> about the processes involved. I have a postscript printer which was
> installed using CUPS via the KDE printer wizard. The printer works fine
> when printing from X apps, but I
