[FreeNX-kNX] Cups 1.2

[Alastair Johnson]

IIRC cups 1.2 doesn't start the usermode cupsd with the config file freenx 
provides. I posted a while back about this, but never had time to find out 
which of the many changes in 1.2 was causing it. Do you know if the nxclient 
manages to create a working usermode cupsd if 1.2 is on the client? It might 
give a clue as to what's wrong.

I don't know about getting OpenOffice or Firefox to use either the kde print 
system or a different cupsd to the default one, but I would like to know...

The private cupsd always struck me as an added complication, but I suppose it 
does have that advantage, and it works. On the down side it's an extra 
process and port per user, you can't see any system printers, it isn't seen 
by default by OpenOffice, and unless you pick the 'Raw' printer driver it can 
fail to print for no apparent reason - cups logs say to check that 
esp-ghostscript is installed. I tracked it to a problem somewhere in the 
filter chain that only occurs in the private cupsd not the system one. I 
don't display the printer driver selection any more, and force use of raw.

Using the forwarded port directly isn't an option because CUPS and kde don't 
agree on how to implement AuthType Digest, but its use is hardcoded into the 
1.5 client at least. Using the system CUPS isn't an option unless you allow 
everyone (well...all nx users) to create printers. 

On Saturday 18 November 2006 15:24, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After some study I have printing working with KDE and cups 1.1.
>
> Is here somebody who knows why Cups 1.2 does not work with FreeNX?
>
> Is it possible to force an application like OpenOffice or Firefox to use
> the KDE printing system?
>
> I like the idea to use a private cupsd, this way you see only your own
> printers. Do you think this is a good idea for the future?
>
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.
>
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