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[Mageia-dev] What to use instead of /dev/usb/lp*

+ Dan Fandrich + dan at coneharvesters.com +
+ Wed Jul 25 22:59:07 CEST 2012 +

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On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:26:13AM -0700, Jeff Robins wrote:
+> I'll give that a try.  Is there a better/newer way to access the
+> device?  I'd like to update
+> and fix the program if possible.
+
+Using cups would be the best. If the program is currently opening the lp
+device directly, then it might be as simple as replacing the call to
+fopen("/dev/lp","w") with popen("lp","w"). That will pipe the data to
+the "lp" program which will spool it to the printer through CUPS.
+
+>>> Dan
+
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