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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] bypassing CUPS - howto
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:38:11
Message-Id: AEE2D0F1-73B4-43F2-8C33-4BBC9434AB57@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] bypassing CUPS - howto by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 28 Apr 2010, at 15:27, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 >> ...
3 >> Why do you need to bypass CUPS?
4 >
5 > Thanks, it's just for debugging.
6 >
7 > Printing some pdf files with acroread makes some printers
8 > hang here.
9 > To locate the problem source, I'd like to check if the printer
10 > works if it gets the postscript or pdf-file (there printer is assumed
11 > to accept postscript level 3).
12
13 Have you tried using `lpr` at the command line?
14
15 I *believe* something like `lpr /path/to/file.pdf` should work.
16
17 Stroller.

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Re: [gentoo-user] bypassing CUPS - howto Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>