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Re: [LUG] Getting to grips with CUPS ..

 

 On 03/09/2011 18:57, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 3 Sep 2011, Julian Hall wrote:

On 03/09/2011 13:42, Gordon Henderson wrote:

So... I'm really not impresssd with CUPS.

Laserjet printer was turned off this morning. Wifey boots her PC. Tries to print something on it. Turns printer on. Nothing. PC is reporting that the printer is "paused". (The job is queued but won't print)

Personally I always make sure the printer is on *before* trying to print to it.. whatever method I'm using

That's not at all helpful.
I don't see why not, personally I don't see the logic in trying to print to a printer that isn't on. Suppose we all work in ways that suit us though.
Having to reboot, or enter the root password just because a printer in another room was turned off really really isn't helpful.
Hence my suggestion to make sure it's on before sending the job.
What if you turned your PC on to play games or check email, then decided to do some work which requred printing an invoice and found that you had to save your work and reboot before you could print...

Do you seriously put up with that?
Printer is within arm's reach - not an issue.
For over 30 years I've been able to send a file to a printer connected to parallel, serial or USB and not wory if it's turned on or not - using lpd. If this is the default behaviour of CUPS, then it's a huge step backwards IMO.
Similarly for 20 odd years I've always made sure the printer is on first - it'll have to be eventually if I actually want anything printed so I may as well make sure it is first.

Anyway as I said above, we all work in different ways.

Julian

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