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

[Craig Morgan]

There is of course a rudimentary "lp" emulation script provided with CUPS, so
we need to distinguish those tools which might deliver a filter, etc into the
lp architecture (we'd bork those), but an app that is hardcoded to just target lp
with some queue descriptor would probably be possible to redirect via the script.

Craig

On 19 Jul 2011, at 15:24, Linda Kateley wrote:

> yes, of course you are right.. :)
> 
> lk
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason King [mailto:jason.brian.king at gmail.com]
> Sent: Mon 7/18/2011 11:59 PM
> To: Linda Kateley
> Cc: developer at lists.illumos.org
> Subject: Re: [illumos-Developer] Is it time to get rid of "lp"? (was ... 1224 -- strconst fixes...)
> 
> Of course is anyone going to run Peoplesoft on illumos?  Somehow I suspect
> certain companies will waive the 'unsupported' paper tiger rather heavily in
> the executive direction :)
> 
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Linda Kateley
> <linda.kateley at nexenta.com>wrote:
> 
> > A good example is in peoplesoft. I believe that mosts of the forms use
> > lp... One of my customers used it to print paychecks, which some people find
> > important :)
> >
> > lk
> >
> >
> > On 7/18/11 11:03 PM, Andre van Eyssen wrote:
> >
> >> 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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