Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:45:13 +0100 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: Eric Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: First time CUPS user, config problems? Message-ID: <20040719094513.GA18851@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <200407190203.48402.ecrist@secure-computing.net> References: <200407170226.19474.ecrist@secure-computing.net> <200407181502.13613.ecrist@secure-computing.net> <40FB88D2.7080102@broadpark.no> <200407190203.48402.ecrist@secure-computing.net>
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* Eric Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> [0701 08:01]: > On Monday 19 July 2004 03:39, Henrik W Lund wrote: > > Funny. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong here. Unless, of course, > > it "Saw EOF" a little early. What did debug level 2 tell you? I know > > mine said something about some filter somewhere that was needed, but not > > found. > > > > This is mysterious. You're sure that the problem is with CUPS? The > > printer works from, say, Windows? It _could_ be that the printer just > > gobbles up jobs, but doesn't actually print them. Just maybe... Just > > exhausting possibilities here. > This printer prints nearly perfectly with apsfilter and regular, base, lpd/lpr > installed. The only problem is the margins, and I can fix that for the most > part. I think it's a problem with cups, personally, but I never see anything > interesting from debug2, but I'll try again. I'll post tomorrow or the next > day. Just wondering - why do you want to use CUPS? I did exactly the same thing as you - installed it because it would be 'easy to use' then spent a fortnight configuring it. CUPS in my experience is one of the very few UNIX programs that breaks after a while - everything else might be a bit tricky to configure, but once it works, it keeps working. CUPS randomly decided to throw away jobs, until I threw *it* away in disgust. ESR seems to agree (NB: I am in no way a fan of him, but the article struck a few chords) http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html Despite all this I am still thinking of trying to reinstall it this week - I don't know why... -- A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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