Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:19:06 +0000 From: "rance@frontiernet.net" <rance@frontiernet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers Message-ID: <20060907121906.71wgo7l4zegws08o@webmail.frontiernet.net>
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After cvsupping my ports tree to fix a couple of security problems I decided to install cups for printing. Yea I know it isnt the freebsd default -- thats for another day. Anyway This new version of cups 1.2.2 is really cool, I like the interface and the web admin portal has really undergone lots of work. My problem is that when you add a printer via the web interface the devices pull-down does not show a parallel port even if the system has detected that there is a printer there. (ie dmesg shows the printer discovery) so where is the parallel port? I asked on the cups list, and got nowhere. I googled for it, but didn't get anything helpful here is what I know: An older version of cups on THIS same machine DID find the SAME printer. there is a parallel option in the back-ends directory. I cant find a log entry anywhere that suggests that a parallel port printer is even being searched for and not found, so I can't be for sure where exactly the problem lies. anybody seen this behavior before? or have a clue? Thanks Rance
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