[ale] CUPS or LPR?

[Jim Kinney]

+1 cups. I don't know of a modern distro that still has lpr.
On Sep 5, 2013 6:14 PM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:

> CUPS is the modern way - I've not had issues in recent years, even trying
> to share a printer over to windows boxen
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> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:
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>> I'm setting up a couple printers on a new machine with the intent on
>> allowing remote hosts to print to these printers.  One printer is a serial
>> label printer and the other is likely going to be a laser or inkjet.
>>
>> Both of them are going to need some kind of direct access given that some
>> of the clients will use their own drivers.  So which system do I use now?
>>  I remember most of my lpr setup process (though it has been a while) but
>> almost everything else around keeps referencing CUPS.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> PS:  This is the first install I've done on a multi-head system that went
>> so smoothly.  X just worked (with nvidia drivers), it was quite pleasant
>> compared to the old incantations.
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