Interesting .....

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007, Collins Richey wrote:
>On 7/24/07, Ben Duncan <linux4ms at aim.com> wrote:
>> Ok, that got my attention .. When did they add SYS5 style
>> printing stuff ?
>>
>> If that is in there, I may revisit CUPS ...
>>
>
>The CUPS interface to the lpq-style commands has been in place for a
>long time, for years.

We're talking about the ``lp, lpstat, lpadmin, etc.'' SYSV interface which
includes the ability to handle normal text printers through simple
interface scripts without going through the machinations designed
originally to go from PostScript(tm) to various bit-map printing formats.

Bill
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