[ale] CUPS or LPR?

[Jim Kinney]

Slightly. The old lpr tool has been tweaked to talk cups. It's more of a
cli /API now. Does the same stuff but babbles cups on the back end.

Note: The cups copyright is owned by Apple.
On Sep 6, 2013 10:06 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Uh, I thought lpr(1) was an interface to CUPS.  At least, that's how it
> works on my machines at home.  I have a CUPS/scanner server set up on my
> network, but from the command line I use lpr(1) to print to the printers
> attached to it.  Am I confused?
>
> -- CHS
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +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
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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