[ale] CUPS or LPR?

[Pete Hardie]

CUPS is the modern way - I've not had issues in recent years, even trying
to share a printer over to windows boxen


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:

> I'm setting up a couple printers on a new machine with the intent on
> allowing remote hosts to print to these printers.  One printer is a serial
> label printer and the other is likely going to be a laser or inkjet.
>
> Both of them are going to need some kind of direct access given that some
> of the clients will use their own drivers.  So which system do I use now?
>  I remember most of my lpr setup process (though it has been a while) but
> almost everything else around keeps referencing CUPS.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> PS:  This is the first install I've done on a multi-head system that went
> so smoothly.  X just worked (with nvidia drivers), it was quite pleasant
> compared to the old incantations.
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