[Grml] FYI: Printing on remote CUPS server via lpr (package cupsys-bsd)
"Robert Zöhrer | pronet.at"
robert.zoehrer at pronet.at
Tue Sep 19 15:02:09 CEST 2006
Hi,
while seeting up grml (HD-install) as my new working environmnet, I
wanted to print on my CUPS printer server via cups-client from my grml
running notebook:
Printing via "old" (BSD style) commands
lpr $somefile
always returns something like:
"jobs queued, but cannot start daemon." and no page was printing :(
Because "lpstat -o -p -d" shows all available printer queues, I was
perplexed
After playing around a bit I noticed that
# aptitude show lpr
Unable to find an archive "grml" for the package "lpr"
Package: lpr
State: installed
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
is the problem. When printing via CUPS you need the wrapper package
"cupsys-bsd" instead of "lpr" to be installed - otherwise all print jobs
are handled by old BSD style lpr queue :/
This is _not_ really a grml bug, but maybe coexistent installing both of
these packages should be thought over.
Maybe this report helps other folks with same troubles
--
Regards,
Dipl.-Ing. Robert ZÖHRER
Mail: robert.zoehrer at pronet.at
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