RH 7.3 / CUPS / LPRng / Samba Blues

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Matthew J. Brodeur wrote:

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> On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, David Kramer wrote:
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> > Once again the original problem with CUPS appears to have been that I
> > installed LPRgn also, and the install program neither warned me or gave me
> > some indicaiton how to resolve the ensuing mess.  I figured out eventually
> > to repoint the symlinks in /usr/bin/ to their .cups counterparts, and now
> > I can lp and lpr through cups
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>    This probably won't help your Samba printing situation, but I have a 
> bit of advice on the LPR/CUPS issue.  As of RH 7.3(?) you can use the 
> Debian-inspired "alternatives" command to choose things like MTA and 
> printing system.  On my system:
> # alternatives --display print
> print - status is manual.
>  link currently points to /usr/bin/lpr.cups
> 
>    Using "--set" and the path above will update the necessary links for 
> you.  You can also use the "redhat-switch-printer" command if you have it 
> installed.
>    Sorry I don't have more help to offer on the samba problem.  At least 
> this advice should make it easier if you decide to switch back to LPRng.

Good to know, though. Thanks.

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