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Subject: Re: Help with CUPS
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On Wednesday 21 January 2004 03:30, Rob wrote:
> Jeff Elkins wrote:
> > Howdy List,
> >
> > I've just added a FreeBSD 5.2 partition to my debian sid print server and
> > I'm groping around trying to make it functional.
> >
> > /dev/lpt0 works with a cat something.txt > /dev/lpt0 and adding CUPS from
> > ports seemed to work as well. I can access the web interface or add
> > printers from the command-line...but they don't print anything.
> >
> > The web interface shows print jobs as aborted. /var/spool/cups shows a
> > corresponding file for each submitted job.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help. Googling has revealed nothing of any
> > assistance.
>
> Jeff,
>
> Does info of the cups-log files in /var/log/cups give a clue?
>
> Rob.

Duh.  Teach me to futz around after 11pm!

Yes, the log file pointed out the problem. Ghostscript wasn't installed as a 
dependency when I installed cups from ports. 

Thanks for the knock on the head, Rob.

Jeff