Make lprng work with cups

[Julien Garet]

> Julien,
>
> We had a problem a while back with Macs printing to the CUPS server.
> They could talk to cups, but as soon as you requested to print multiple
> copies, you'd get the copy count squared (e.g., it would send a 5 copy
> print job 5 times).  After a bit of googling, I found out about the
> cups-lpd daemon which would allow the Macs to use lpd to talk to the
> CUPS server.  Since lprng is basically an enhanced lpd, I would imagine
> the cups-lpd would be the answer.
>
> -- Rob


Thanks for the hint Rob, as far as I have read docs it seems to be a great solution for me as it is server side configuration.

I'll try to work on that.

Julien

>
> Julien Garet said the following on 08/25/2006 09:40 AM:
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >Currently sys admin in an organization, I have set up a short time ago a cups server. My main problem currently is that many of my users must use lprng as client to print. (we can't change their system as we would like to), and I know quite nothing about how lprng works...
> >
> >When they try to print using the cups server, it works but lpr is unable to send options that the server can understand (for example use duplex or staples).
> >
> >Everything works well from a cups client.
> >
> >Does anyone have clues to help me make lprng and cups work happily together ?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >Julien Garet
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> >
>
> --
>
> Rob Tanner
> UNIX Services Manager
> Linfield College, McMinnville OR
>