[illumos-Developer] Is it time to get rid of "lp"? (was ... 1224 -- strconst fixes...)

[Andre van Eyssen]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011, Gordon Ross wrote:

> Does anyone use the lp stuff anymore?
> If so why?  (and why not CUPS?)

Vendor-integrated printer packages from Lexmark, Dell, etc do not 
necessarily use CUPS. Applications which print - not desktop use, but 
docket/receipt printers, invoicing, etc - don't use CUPS.

These platforms are out there running businesses. They're not fashionable, 
but they work and businesses aren't going to ditch them even if they're 
moving operating system platform.

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