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Author: Ralph Ronnquist
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] lpr command not working
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:11:22 -0500
Haines Brown <haines@???> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 06:18:06PM +0100, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng
> wrote:
> > Anno domini 2021 Mon, 15 Nov 10:52:06 -0500
> > Haines Brown scripsit:
> > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 12:55:59PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > > I reinstalled a printer on a Chimaera box. The CUPS test file
> > > > prints just fine. The lpr <file.pdf) command tries but fails to
> > > > send data to the printer. Status: Processing - "Sending data to
> > > > printer." Some 15 min (?) later the job does print.
> > > > ...


According to
https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/policy-query.html?c=file&q=bin%2Flpr&x=submit
there are three packages providing "bin/lpr":
    cups-bsd
    lpr
    lprng


Which one do you have? Are they all the same?
I think they are somewhat different and from memory I think the cups-bsd
variant is best integrated with cups.

Ralph.