CUPS vs. apsfilter--newbie setup problems

[David Banning]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:39:58AM -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to get my 4.8-running laptop hooked up to
> some printers, and I'm having trouble getting it configured
> with either CUPS or apsfilter (as someone here had recommended).
> I've tried to look over the docs, and search through here, but
> am still stumped for what I'm supposed to be doing.
> 
> I'm also not clear on why these systems don't interoperate, or,
> rather, why an entry in /etc/printcap generated from apsfilter
> doesn't show up in CUPS. It would be nice if you could use 
> these together.

As I recall there is an option like "WITHOUT_CUPS=yes" or something
similar. If you havn't look into whether that is set or not it might
be worth looking into. As I recollect, apsfilter installs -with-
CUPS, but that caused me much headache at one point. I am not sure
if it is still the default.