[ale] Printing Situation

[Casey Allen Shobe]

Go with CUPS.  It's a more modern and consequencially sensible approach
IMHO, while lpr is antiquated.  Of course, that's just my attitude towards a
lot of things, like qmail vs. sendmail, etc. etc.

- Casey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hubbs" <Jhubbs at niit.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: [ale] Printing Situation


> Mandrake 7.2 (CUPS) on the desktop, RH 6.2 on the server (lpr).  I have
set
> up a networked HP LaserJet 4050 such that the server can print to it and
> test pages initiated from the server work; the name that appears in the
> server's printtool is "lp".  So, I go to the desktop and try to set up a
> printer in CUPS, selecting the LJ 4050 filter and aiming at the queue "lp"
> on the server.   Nothing comes out.  On the desktop,
/var/log/cups/error_log
> ends with the ever-so-helpful "Remote host did not accept control file".
I
> can't find a log on the server side that might indicate what is wrong.
>
> First, are these print systems even compatible?
> Second, if theoretically so, is there a "trick" to getting CUPS to print
to
> a remote lpd queue?
> Third, any recommendations on one system versus the other?  I'm expecting
to
> put current versions of distros on these machines soon and this might
affect
> my choices.
>
> - Jeff
>
>
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