Re: [tlug] Does Mac still use cups?

[nigel barker <nigel@example.com>]

On 19 October 2011 17:45, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> Make sure it's running and configured to browse the network; it's

samba browsing works, I think, and mounting nfs as an ldap user certainly does.

> generally a bad idea to run servers and maybe Apple's getting more
> conservative about starting servers without explicit request from the
> user in recent versions of the OS.

but they only need to run cups as a client, don't they?

>
> If it's running, visit http://localhost:631/ and see what happens.

Tried that and got nothing. That's what makes me ask this question.
So you think I should try and start cups. How do you do that on a Mac
/etc/init.d/cups start
or is that wishful thinking on my part?

thanks
nigel