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Table of Contents

cmd:cups, Cupsys 
Help 
cups packages 
Software Users Manual 
Admin 
Setting the Output Order 
N-Up Printing 
Setting the Brightness 
Saving Printer Options and Defaults 
cups admin 
start a "stopped" cups printer 
lpc 
lpadmin 
lpstat 
disable, enable 
CUPS' error_log FAQ 
CUPS restart-jobs permission 
Adobe acrobat printing with CUPS 
How do I start a "not ready" cups printer ? 
How do I start a "not ready" cups printer ? 
printer problem 

cmd:cups, Cupsys 

cups packages 

cups in debian etch, using packages from sid 

aptitude -t unstable install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters
aptitude -t unstable install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint gutenprint-doc
[Tip]

!!

% aptitude -t unstable install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters
  ijsgutenprint libijs-0.35
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libxml2
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  cupsys-client lpr lprng rlpr
1 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove.
Need to get 3315kB/4084kB of archives. After unpacking 56.6MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libxml2-dev: Depends: libxml2 (= 2.6.26.dfsg-3) but 2.6.27.dfsg-1 is to be installed.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Upgrade the following packages:
libxml2-dev [2.6.26.dfsg-3 (now) -> 2.6.27.dfsg-1 (testing, unstable)]
Score is 0
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libxml2 libxml2-dev
% aptitude -t unstable install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint gutenprint-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common cupsys-driver-gutenprint
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gutenprint-doc libdbus-1-3
2 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove.
Need to get 4722kB of archives. After unpacking 12.9MB will be used.
cupsys_1.2.6-1
cupsys-bsd_1.2.6-1
cupsys-client_1.2.6-1
cupsys-common_1.2.6-1
cupsys-driver-gutenprint_5.0.0-3
foomatic-db_20061031-1
foomatic-db-engine_3.0.2-20061031-1
foomatic-db-gutenprint_5.0.0-3
foomatic-filters_3.0.2-20061031-1
gs-esp_8.15.3.dfsg.1-1
libcupsys2_1.2.5-1

AOK!!!

documented on: 2006.11.13

cups in debian etch, using gutenprint 

aptitude install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters
aptitude install gs-esp
aptitude install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint gutenprint-doc
aptitude install escputil
[Tip]

!!

% aptitude --purge-unused purge foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint cupsys-driver-gimpprint foomatic-db-gimp-print
% aptitude install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters
  ijsgutenprint libijs-0.35
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  cupsys-client lpr lprng rlpr
Need to get 0B/3314kB of archives. After unpacking 56.3MB will be used.
% aptitude install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint gutenprint-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common cupsys-driver-gutenprint
  gutenprint-doc
0 packages upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 784 not upgraded.
Need to get 987kB/4459kB of archives. After unpacking 14.0MB will be used.

cups in debian sarge 

cupsys_1.1.23-10sarge1
cupsys-bsd_1.1.23-10sarge1
cupsys-client_1.1.23-10sarge1
cupsys-driver-gimpprint_4.2.7-10
cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data_4.2.7-10
foomatic-db_20050420-1
foomatic-db-engine_3.0.2-20050403-1
foomatic-db-gimp-print_4.2.7-10
foomatic-db-hpijs_1.5-20050420-1
foomatic-filters_3.0.2-20050403-1
gimp_2.2.6-1
gimp-data_2.2.6-1
gs-esp_7.07.1-9
ijsgimpprint_4.2.7-10
libcupsys2_1.1.23-10sarge1
libcupsys2-gnutls10_1.1.23-10sarge1
libgimp2.0_2.2.6-1
libgimpprint1_4.2.7-10

documented on: 2006.09.26

cups in debian etch, using gimp-print 

[Note]

This is incorrect. The current cupsys-driver-gimpprint package in Etch is just an empty transitional package to ensure an automatic upgrade to the gutenprint system. If you need a fully functional gimpprint then you have to find older packages, maybe on snapshot.debian.net.

aptitude install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-filters foomatic-db-gimp-print
aptitude install gs-esp
aptitude install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gimpprint
aptitude install escputil
[Tip]

!!

% aptitude install foomatic-db-engine foomatic-filters foomatic-db-gimp-print
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-gimp-print
  foomatic-db-gutenprint foomatic-filters ijsgutenprint libijs-0.35
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  cupsys-client lpr lprng rlpr
0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 780 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3358kB of archives. After unpacking 56.4MB will be used.

OK. foomatic-db-gutenprint is not required.

% aptitude install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gutenprint
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common cupsys-driver-gutenprint
Need to get 0B/3472kB of archives. After unpacking 12.8MB will be used.

Oops no, I don't want gutenprint driver, I want gimpprint driver instead.

% aptitude install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gimpprint
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common cupsys-driver-gimpprint
  cupsys-driver-gutenprint
Need to get 44.2kB/3516kB of archives. After unpacking 12.8MB will be used.

Hmm…, why still installing cupsys-driver-gutenprint? how about cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data?

% aptitude install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-driver-gimpprint cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-common cupsys-driver-gimpprint
  cupsys-driver-gutenprint
Need to get 1433kB/4906kB of archives. After unpacking 14.8MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data: Depends: cupsys-driver-gimpprint (= 4.2.7-10) but 5.0.0-2 is to be installed.
Resolving dependencies...
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data [Not Installed]
$ apt-cache policy cupsys-driver-gimpprint
cupsys-driver-gimpprint:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 5.0.0-2
  Version table:
     5.0.0-3 0
         50 http://mirror.peer1.net unstable/main Packages
     5.0.0-2 0
        600 http://mirror.peer1.net etch/main Packages
     4.2.7-10 0
         30 http://mirror.peer1.net sarge/main Packages
$ apt-cache policy cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data
cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.2.7-10
  Version table:
     4.2.7-10 0
         30 http://mirror.peer1.net sarge/main Packages