[cups] CUPS won't send my user name to the printer
Brian Potkin
claremont102 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 12 11:09:09 PDT 2018
On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 at 15:50, Gernot Hassenpflug <aikishugyo at gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> To set up a test printer:
>
> 1) Add support for file output in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
> FileDevice Yes
OK.
> then restart:
> /etc/init.d/cups restart
OK, but 'service cups restart' should suit a system with any init system.
> 2) Set up printer queue
> lpadmin -p foofile -v file:/tmp/fee
This is a raw queue. Raw queues do not work with file: device queues,
.> create location:
> mkdir /tmp/fee
Not needed. fee is created when printed to.
> 3) activate printer in interface:
> http://localhost:631
Or use "-E" at the end of the line above when setting up the queue.
> 4) You can see it here:
> /etc/cups/printers.conf
Or with 'lpstat -a'.
> where you can also change existing printers to use similar queues.
That can be done by issuing an lpadmin command with a different
destination for -v.
--
Brian.
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