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List:       kde-print
Subject:    Re: specifying printer instance on command line
From:       Michael Goffioul <goffioul () imec ! be>
Date:       2002-06-17 12:19:43
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Albert Wagner wrote:
> 
> A couple of  questions remain:
> 
> 1)  In the cupsd.conf->ServerRoot is /usr/etc/cups. Why does Kprint use
> /etc/cups rather than /usr/etc/cups?  This caused me a lot of confusion until
> I made /etc/cups a link to /usr/etc/cups.

The path is currently hardcoded, so it has to be /etc/cups (which is
the normal path if CUPS has been configured with the default options,
that is "./configure" only). This is because I extended the concept
of instances to other print system, which of course doesn't know about
any ServerRoot option in any cupsd.conf file. However, to be compatible
with CUPS, I still use /etc/cups.

> 2)  The Enscript filter still does not work.
> 
> # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.15
> # Written by cupsd on Fri Jun 14 01:53:45 2002
> <DefaultPrinter espdeskjet>
> Info ESP HP DeskJet Series
> DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
> State Idle
> Accepting Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> </Printer>
> 
> /usr/etc/cups/lpoptions:
> Default espdeskjet page-bottom=72 page-left=72 page-right=72 page-top=72
> Dest espdeskjet/enscriptFilter _kde-enscript-header='$N|%W|Page $% of $='
> _kde-filters=enscript orientation-requested=4 page-bottom=72 page-left=72
> page-right=72 page-top=72
> 
> $ lpr -P espdeskjet/enscriptFilter /root/soundblaster.txt

The filtering mechanism (like enscript) is for KDEPrint only, it's not
part of CUPS. The filters are not used at all when using the command
line tool "lpr". To use the filters, you need to use "kprinter" instead.
You can use the "--nodialog" option if you don't want the print dialog
to appear.

Bye.
Michael.

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