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0 pointsmrighele1y ago0 comments

> Using the `lp`/`lpr` executable like in other comments requires the printer to be registered with CUPS first.

In modern Linux distros, lp/lpd are usually shims provided for backward compatibility, but it doesn't have to be that way. For example FreeBSD seems to provide support for lpd without for cups [1], although I don't see any real advantage in doing that.

[1] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/printing/

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SoftTalker1y ago

OpenBSD does as well. The advantage is you don’t need CUPS.

jolmg1y ago

But you do still need to register the printer prior to using, or at least have a basic registration set up that works with it.

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