Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:20:43 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: stan <stanb@panix.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help with CUPS reconfiguration Message-ID: <20091106172043.a6de08ca.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20091106135039.GB8186@teddy.fas.com> References: <20091105200730.GA12331@teddy.fas.com> <6201873e0911051227n7ba9e1c1ta091fbccffc23cb@mail.gmail.com> <20091105222239.GA18238@teddy.fas.com> <20091106002351.97c5ea38.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091106135039.GB8186@teddy.fas.com>
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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:50:39 -0500, stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote: > The question I am sking, though, is "How can I modify the CUPS > configuration, without using the web based interface (which is not working, > in such a manner that the /etc/printcap file gets rebuilt. The problem is that hte web interface seems to be a very integrated part of the CUPS configuration which isn't intended to be "not used". An option would maybe be to rewrite the files in /usr/local/etc/cups as well as /etc/printcap manually to reflect the desired changes, but I am not sure that this will be sufficient - maybe there are other files that are touched by automated processes during the printer installation / reconfiguration through the web interface... I think the only important parts in /etc/printcap are those that reference to the printer filter and those that set some specific values (resolution etc.); everything else is kept in the CUPS files, and both places of settings should contain the same individual data (e. g. same spool dir reference). If you could take the following example as a starting point and correct the settings manually so they show the same settings as what you already have configured in CUPS. Laserjet|ljet4d;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=a4;m=auto:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/Laserjet:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/Laserjet/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/Laserjet/acct:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: I'm not sure if cap_mkdb has to be run for /etc/printcap. If you're using a network attached printer, a reference to its name (known through /etc/hosts mechanism) should be okay. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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