How to setup CUPS print queue for /dev/null?

Betsy betsy at rubgrp.com
Fri Jan 29 09:25:25 PST 2010


Thanks so much! Setting 'FileDevice yes' in cupsd.conf worked.

Betz

> Betz wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to setup a print queue that will send print jobs to /dev/null
> > in a test environment. The server is running Linux Fedora Core release 4
> > (Stentz). I executed the following lpadmin command to create the "print"
> > queue.
> >
> > lpadmin -p nowhere -E -v file:/dev/null
> >
> > When I attempt to print to the queue I see the error message:
> >  who |lp -d nowhere
> > lp: unable to print file: client-error-not-found
> >
> > What else do I need to do? Do I need to create a some sort of backend? I'm
> > not sure what the backend filter would need to do.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Betz
>
> Did you set
>
> FileDevice yes
>
> in oyur cupsd.conf?
>
> Helge
>





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