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[Helge Blischke]

Colin McDonald wrote:
> 
> Hi Helge, thanks again for your help and guidance.
> 
> lpadmin let me add the printer that way but I still don't see a file device using lpinfo -v. I have seen documentation that states that if you don't see the file device that you won't be able to print with it.
> 
> You mentioned mimes.conv and mimes.type. The files state that they will be overwritten when cups restarts.
> 
> How do you enable CUPS to print to a file device?
> 
> Here is a person who ran into the same trouble and created a perl script socket listener and created a network printer that then printed to a file but I don't know Perl. I messed around with the code a little but couldn't get it to do what I wanted. FYI
> 
> http://www.aplawrence.com/MacOSX/macosxcupstofile.html
> 
> I appreciate ya!
> 
> Colin

No, those two files *must not* be overwritten when CUPS restarts, but,
sorry, I messed up my hints
with the issue of raw printing.
To enable using the file backend, set the directive

FileDevice Yes

in your cupsd.conf

The lpinfo command indeed seems not to list the ordinary file devices
that are configured,
but lpstat -v does.

Helge

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