FreeBSD 6.1, CUPS 1.2.2

[Ken Sublett]

> > I have configured CUPS on a FreeBSD 6.1 installation.  The configuration
> > points to a Buffalo USB print server. The print server has one Deskjet 970Cxi attached to it.
> > If as a user I execute:
> >
> >  lpr -P DJ970 zooPlot.ps
> >
> > The following is returned:
> >
> >  lpr: Unable to connect to /var/run/printer: No such file or directory
> >  lpr: Check to see if the master 'lpd' process is running.
>
> To make CUPS shadow the base LPR tools, you need to put CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes in /etc/make.conf and then rebuild the port.
>
> > If as a user I execute:
> >
> >    /usr/local/bin/lpr -P DJ970 zooPlot.ps
> >
> > The following is returned:
> >
> >   /usr/local/bin/lpr: Not Implemented
>
> This is quite odd -- specifying the full path should work. Check if the above fixes the problem.
>
Thank you,
Recompiling with the make.conf option set does fix the shadowing problem for a user.  Unfortunately, the same error message:

 lpr: Not Implemented

is encountered when a user tries to print.