[rescue] Cups on Solaris

[Monty Walls]

On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:51:49 +0200 (IST)
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> Joshua Boyd wrote:
> > Is anyone using CUPS on solaris?  Where did you get it from?  Sun's
> > Software Companion?
> 
> no. I downloaded it from  the official website and compiled it with gcc 3.4
> You also need to get the latest version of Ghostscript, hpijs and
> foomatic-gswraper, foomatic rip and the foomatic ppd from the 
> linuxprinting.org.
> 

Like Geoffrey, I downloaded and built mine from scratch.  I'm currently using
cups under Solaris 8 on a netra T1 as the main print server for all my sun boxen
at the office (e5500, e5000, 6 Netra's, u5, 480r, 280r, plus more to come :) driving
about 44 printers.  Has pretty much been without fuss.  

I started out using lp/lpsched with oracle applications, now lp/lpsched just spool
to the cups print server who does all the heavy lifting.

I only wish that cups had better forms handling (instead of creating a queue for
every forms type).


--
- "Not long ago, the Black Gate of Armonk swung open. The lights went out,
- my skin crawled, and dogs began to howl. I asked my neighbor what it was
- and he said, "Those are the nazgul. Once they were human, now they are
- IBM's lawyers." - anonymous /. poster
-
-Monty Walls (mwalls at castor.oktax.state.ok.us)
-	MIS, Oklahoma Tax Commission
-
- My opinions are my own, my employer knows nothing about it.
-