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Re:The Amazing iOS 6 Maps by pooriaazimi on Thursday September 20, 2012 @11:55AM (#4549150)
First time I heard about CUPS! Apparently it's a kind of printing system. Thanks.

http://www.cups.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS

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Re:The Amazing iOS 6 Maps by nobleach on Thursday September 20, 2012 @02:07PM (#4549831)
Ha, hitting http://localhost:631 and using the CUPS interface is the easiest ways to fix a few problems on Lion/Mountain Lion.
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Re:The Amazing iOS 6 Maps by its_so_on on Thursday September 20, 2012 @12:12PM (#4549240)
you're not alone. apparently, for many people, occasionally hearing the word "CUPS" is the closest they ever get to printing under Linux.
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Re:The Amazing iOS 6 Maps by emidln on Thursday September 20, 2012 @01:24PM (#4549594)
I'm pretty sure that CUPS was shipping by default on some linux distros as early as 1999. I know I installed Caldera OpenLinux (2.2 or 2.3 maybe?) and Mandrake Linux (version 6 or 7 something) and both had it, detected my printers, and "just worked".
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Re:The Amazing iOS 6 Maps by WiseWeasel on Thursday September 20, 2012 @03:28PM (#4550250)
People print so rarely nowadays, it's more economical to go to the FedEx office on the occasions when you need something printed out than to buy a printer and ink or toner.
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