source: pst/printing/cups/cups-config.xml@ e902a84

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<title>Configuring <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application></title>

<para>Configuration of <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application> is 
dependent on the type of printer and can be complex. Generally, PostScript 
printers are easier. For detailed instructions on configuration and use of 
<application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application>, see 
<ulink url="http://www.cups.org/documentation.php"/>. The Software 
Administrators Manual and Software Users Manual are particularly useful.</para>

<para>For non-PostScript printers to print with CUPS you need to install
<xref linkend="espgs"/> to convert PostScript to raster images
and a driver (e.g. from <xref linkend="gimp-print"/>) to convert
the resulting raster images to a form that the printer understands.
<ulink url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html">Foomatic</ulink>
drivers use Ghostscript to convert PostScript to a printable form directly, but this
is considered to be a hack by <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application>
developers.</para>

<para>During the install, <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application> 
created the startup file <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/cups</filename>. The file 
works, but you may want to change it to a more conventional <acronym>LFS
</acronym> startup file:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
#!/bin/sh
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/cups

# Start or stop the CUPS server based upon the first argument to the script.

. /etc/sysconfig/rc
. $rc_functions

case $1 in
    start)
           echo "Starting CUPS Printserver..."
           loadproc /usr/sbin/cupsd
           ;;
    stop)
           echo "Stopping CUPS Printserver..."
           killproc cupsd
           ;;

    reload)
           echo "Reloading CUPS Printserver..."
           reloadproc /usr/sbin/cupsd
           ;;

    restart)
           $0 stop
           sleep 1
           $0 start
           ;;

    status)
           statusproc cupsd
           ;;

    *)
           echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
           exit 1
           ;;
esac

# End $rc_base/init.d/cups startup script.
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Create the symbolic links to this file in the relevant
<filename class="directory">rc.d</filename> directory
with the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cd /etc/rc.d/init.d &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/cups ../rc0.d/K00cups &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/cups ../rc1.d/K00cups &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/cups ../rc2.d/S99cups &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/cups ../rc3.d/S99cups &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/cups ../rc4.d/S99cups &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/cups ../rc5.d/S99cups &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/cups ../rc6.d/K00cups</command></userinput></screen>

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