[desktop-discuss] Disabling CUPS in StarOffice 8 (not OpenOffice x.x)

[Ghee Teo]

Hi Joel,

  Can you be more specific about the version of Solaris you used.
Also some info about the StarOffice. How did you create your print queue?

How do you mean by CUPS frontend?

Thanks,

-Ghee

Joel Buckley wrote:
> Summary:
>
> How do I ****prevent**** StarOffice from assuming CUPS is the print scheduler?
>
> Background:
>
> O.K., CUPS is broke, just flat out broke...  CUPS backend needed by Gutenprint,
> but CUPS frontend corrupts any print job sent to it.  UGLY.
>
> I want to print to "/usr/bin/lp -c -s -d MY_PRINTER" and StarOffice keeps attempting
> to send the print job to CUPS.
>
> Several posts list a compile option for OpenOffice "--disable-cups", but what is the
> equivalent for StarOffice (since I am not compiling it....)
>
> I have attempted to configure via "/opt/staroffice8/program/spadmin".  No help.
> Either the settings are not taken or the CUPS trumps spadmin.
>
> I have attempted to manually edit "/opt/staroffice8/share/psprint/psprint.conf".
> I can not find any docs on the file.... What would I modify to get CUPS out of the
> picture?  (see attached)
>
> Cheers,
> Joel.
>
> P.S. I am not on this list so, please reply to "leojava at comcast.net".  Thanks.
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