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> Do most people use Cups (out of ports) for printing? I can't=20
> get it to start. I get an error saying it died with an error=20
> of 2 "Child exited with status 2!".
>=20
> Any ideas?
>=20

Not familiar with that error code, what do the logs say?
(/var/log/cups/errors_log or something).

Cups is meant to replace the system lpr binaries, so make sure the =
system
ones are not being used:

%which lpr
Should not return a pointer to /usr/sbin (or is it bin), but should =
point to
/usr/local/sbin.

You could also try using apsfilter, a very good printing system that =
uses
the native lpr stuff.

HTH, not enough sleep and too much coffee...