https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673845
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673845#c62
--- Comment #62 from Roland Hughes
FYI:
The next upcomming CUPS version 1.6 will drop serial and parallel backends, see http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3935
This means that from CUPS 1.6 on there will be no longer built-in support for serial and parallel printers so that for such printers one must use a selfmade backend, see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_Your_Own_Backends_to_Print_with_CUPS
In general for changes in the upcomming CUPS version 1.6 see http://www.cups.org/roadmap.php?VERSION=1.6
Whoever thought THAT was a good idea was dropped on their head too many times as an infant. There are millions of PP printers still in service used by members of AARP who are NOT technical enough to "use a selfmade backend". You need to freeze CUPS in OpenSuSE to an earlier version until Serial and PP are restored. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.