On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 16:45, frank wrote: > Hi, > > > > It’s been 6 months since the first of these bug reports was filed (Bug > 132732: lpd spools not showing and Bug, and 138941: gnome-print could > detect all local printers automatically with etc/printcap) and I’ve > been receiving almost daily complaints from my users regarding the > inability of the print mechanism to handle lpd printers. Sadly, > questions to gnome-print-list receive no response. > Most (and I would like to claim that virtually all) questions to the list receive answers. Of course frequently not the answer one might be hoping for. > > > I have found gnumeric to be a capable spreadsheet and we have invested > considerable time in adapting excel spreadsheets to suit (taking out > the macros). It seems a shame to have to discard such a sound > application for a reason as simple as problematic printing, but we are > an engineering firm and have no capacity for programming. We will > begin testing alternate spreadsheets directly and will begin the > transition from gnumeric shortly. You really haven't ever explained why it is not feasible for you to run cups, a printing system that is reasonably supported rather than the ancient lpd. > > > > It is inconceivable that the anticipated Microsoft Windows version of > gnumeric will demand a CUPS installation, so why the insistence for > CUPS on Unix platforms? Perhaps because the traditional /etc/printcap listing provides virtually no information about the capabilities of a printer? > Andreas -- Andreas J. Guelzow Taliesin Software, Shelties, Pyr Sheps and Shetland Sheep
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