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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] bypassing CUPS - howto
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:43:01 +0100
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On 29 Apr 2010, at 10:13, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

> On 29 Apr, Stroller wrote:
>>
>> On 28 Apr 2010, at 15:27, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>> Why do you need to bypass CUPS?
>>>
>>> Thanks, it's just for debugging.
>>>
>>> Printing some pdf files with acroread makes some printers
>>> hang here.
>>> To locate the problem source, I'd like to check if the printer
>>> works if it gets the postscript or pdf-file (there printer is  
>>> assumed
>>> to accept postscript level 3).
>>
>> Have you tried using `lpr` at the command line?
>>
>> I *believe* something like `lpr /path/to/file.pdf` should work.
>>
>
> Thanks, but lpr is just a front-end for cups.

So you're sure the problem isn't Acroread, then?

This is not clear from your description.

Stroller.