[cups.general] printcap files have the notion of an alias of aqueue but....cups doesn't seem to..

[wtautz]

Michael Sweet wrote:
> wtautz wrote:
>   
>> Hi, As noted there doesn't seem to be the notion of an alias of
>> a queue. Obviously I know that I could perhaps create a class or
>> another queue with the same device URI to accomplish the
>> same thing, but it seems as though that would be clumsy.
>> Comment?
>>     
>
> Classes with a single printer are the way to implement aliases in
> CUPS.
>
>   
Thanks Michael,  Perhaps the web interface could show that somehow.
That is, when one looks at the printer list it should indicate whether a
printer is
a member of a class. At this point I have obviously done this by
manually writing
a description to that effect. I gather that it's ok to unpublish
printers that make
up a class and only publish the class, i.e, I'll be able to print?

Walter