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> I know about CUPS. There is no real alternative on Linux, is there?

I don't know what lifting "real" is doing here, but lpd(8)[0] (line printer daemon) is what we used to use, and printcap(5)[1] to configure. It was general enough that you could make a music playlist system out of it[2].

[0] https://man.netbsd.org/lpd.8

[1] https://man.netbsd.org/printcap.5

[2] https://patrick.wagstrom.net/weblog/2003/05/23/lpdforfunandm...






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