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CUPS stand for Common UNIX Print System, and is a modular printing system for UNIX and UNIX like operating systems like Linux. CUPS service can be used with great success as a Print Server. CUPS consist of a print spooler and scheduler, a filter and a backend system. Here are some very useful CUPS tips. Tip 1. Enable a printer ----------------------------- # lpadmin -p printer_name -E Most recent version of cups have two commands to enable/disable printing, cupsenable anb cupsdisable: # cupsenable printer_name # cupsdisable printer_name Tip 2. When printing with CUPS change lp and lpd binaries with binaries provided by CUPS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When trying to use lp, binary from /usr/bin/lp will be found instead CUPS's lp, so you'll get an error. To solv the problem rename FreeBSD base lp and lpr binaries and create links to CUPS's binaries. # mv /usr/bin/lp /usr/bin/lp.old # mv /usr/bin/lpr /usr/bin/lpr.old # ln -s /usr/local/bin/lp /usr/bin/lp # ln -s /usr/local/bin/lpr /usr/bin/lpr From time to time if you cvsup and buildworld you will have to recreate the links. To solve this problem, edit /etc/make.conf and add the following line: NO_LPR = true Also adding CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes might be solve this problem (if you are using cups-lpr), and will be no need to create those symlinks. |
