can't print with lpr

[Anonymous]

> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:00:21 +0000, Anonymous wrote:
>
> >
> > Answering my message 5 minutes later.
> >
>
> did you get something to work?  i hope so.  it was good to see another
> rant.  i've had an annoying problem for 6 months using CUPS, and i've just
> recently found a workaround.  i love CUPS when it works, but it can really
> give you headaches when it doesn't!
>
> if you didn't get your problem working, something i found to work early in
> my quest was to completely remove the lprng package and scripts.  i had
> some errors early on when CUPS and lprng were fighting over the printer,
> resulting in nothing being printed and lots of error logs.
>
> if you've already gotten it working, what did the trick?  just curious.
>
> take care!
>
> nathan
>

If one must remove lprng package, as I read somewhere else as well,
what happens when some of the many installed programs try to print
using lpr ? Does it pass thru cleanly (?!) to CUPS ??

jrc 2006