Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] bypassing CUPS - howto
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:43:30
Message-Id: 7FB50E15-9A8B-45EB-82A8-59F0DFE6DA6D@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] bypassing CUPS - howto by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 29 Apr 2010, at 10:13, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2
3 > On 29 Apr, Stroller wrote:
4 >>
5 >> On 28 Apr 2010, at 15:27, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
6 >>>> ...
7 >>>> Why do you need to bypass CUPS?
8 >>>
9 >>> Thanks, it's just for debugging.
10 >>>
11 >>> Printing some pdf files with acroread makes some printers
12 >>> hang here.
13 >>> To locate the problem source, I'd like to check if the printer
14 >>> works if it gets the postscript or pdf-file (there printer is
15 >>> assumed
16 >>> to accept postscript level 3).
17 >>
18 >> Have you tried using `lpr` at the command line?
19 >>
20 >> I *believe* something like `lpr /path/to/file.pdf` should work.
21 >>
22 >
23 > Thanks, but lpr is just a front-end for cups.
24
25 So you're sure the problem isn't Acroread, then?
26
27 This is not clear from your description.
28
29 Stroller.