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July: Ordinances and Covenants
"In the ordinances ... the power of godliness is manifest" (D&C 84:20).
Our Father in Heaven uses the ordinances and covenants of the gospel to teach us and prepare us to live with Him. In this unit, you will have the opportunity to help the youth enhance their efforts to study and teach the gospel as they learn about ordinances and covenants. Encourage the youth to ask questions about what they are learning, to seek to learn more, and to teach others what they discover.
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Did you know that December and January are big months for starting to homeschool? Of course, the biggest surge of new homeschoolers usually falls in August or September. This is a natural time for beginning because it aligns with the traditional start of the school year, and gives parents an opportunity to feel as though they are keeping in line with public or private school students.
But the second biggest surge of new homeschoolers often occurs in December and January. Most of the time, families starting in these months had not originally planned to homeschool, but circumstances with their child, their child's school, or their child's learning during the first half of the school year make it obvious that they are not able to remain in their present educational situation any longer. These "accidental homeschoolers" can find themselves a bit overwhelmed as they sometimes have only days or weeks instead of months to prepare for huge changes in their family life.
The good news is that if you are in that boat of mid-year start-ups, you are certainly not alone. And even though you are not starting at the traditional "beginning of the school year", it does not mean that you are at any kind of disadvantage. The great thing about homeschooling is that there is no set schedule or time-frame for beginning or ending. Some homeschoolers school on a traditional schedule, some school through the summers and take different months off, and others school year round!
As long as you have consulted your state laws for specific guidelines, and have researched the state homeschool resources available to you, you are already way ahead of the game. Now all you need to do is take some time to discover how your child learns best, figure out what style of learning might benefit your child most, and then begin to choose the materials, programs, and curricula that will help your son or daughter make the most of their homeschooling time. Mid-year start-ups even have a specific advantage. Mid-year is often a great time to find terrific deals on both new and used curricula. Curriculum publishers often put their materials on deep discount during those times of the year when sales are lower (such as winter and spring).
If you have just begun to homeschool, you might be feeling overwhelmed and like you "missed the boat." But just remember that if you feel that a home-based education is best for your child, then it doesn't matter when you start, it just matters that you START. Welcome to homeschooling!
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Thanks to all who came out and participated and donated to a great cause. FrankenFran is always a great time and a great way to contribute to the continual fight against Ovarian Cancer.
Thoughts of Head Blue Valley CrossFit coach Hal Roberts on health, nutrition, WOD's, CrossFit and better life topics.
Thanks to all who came out and participated and donated to a great cause. FrankenFran is always a great time and a great way to contribute to the continual fight against Ovarian Cancer.
Remember when we were kids and our friendships and family were all that mattered. Yeah we had school and other family obligations, but they paled in comparison to the excitement over time spent with those 2 or 3 people. These friends you could count on for anything. They would listen to you air your anger over your brother or sister. They stood by you when a bully was picking on you. They were the one person you knew you could tell anything to and they were not going to judge you.
Now, don't get me wrong, I realize that life was simpler back then. Life today offers so many distractions; Sporting events, PTO, work, time with family, and the list goes on and on. But what if I told you there was a place you could find those friendships, friends that you don't have to agree with everything they do or say. The thing is, we are all missing a valuable aspect to the life we have been given. Community. Relationships. Deep friendships. Websters has many definitions of friendship, but my favorite is: an ally in a fight or cause; supporter. Let's get real. We all need a supporter, because life sometimes feels like a fight.
Three months ago we moved ourselves a couple of blocks south. Not a long move, but a nuisance none the less. We asked our church small group and CrossFit friends for help. It was humbling how many people showed up to clean, pack, and move. These people are willing to stop everything in their busy lives and help us in our time of need. I have no doubt that it was not just my need and me personally. They would have done it for any of their CrossFit brothers or sisters.
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You can always find good deals with 20-30% on latest year and 50% on last year. Just spend your time to look around.
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If you give 50% margin for North, Distributor, Retailer and customs duties, you'll see 506% of factory price.
I think retail price is 300-400% from factory cost and its normal. Where have you seen other business models?


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Pushwagner - Soft City
From February 2013, the Norwegian artist Pushwagner was exhibiting his multifaceted work in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. The exhibition has previously been shown at MK Gallery in Great Britain and Haugar Vestfold Art Museum in Oslo. Although the artist is extremely well known in Norway, this was Pushwanger's first solo exhibition outside Norway.
His works clearly demonstrate his critical view of society and politics. The artist is famous for his multifaceted satirical commentary on power and greed in twentieth century society. Three series of works by Pushwagner formed the heart of the exhibition: the visual novel 'Soft City', the series of prints entitled 'A Day in the Life of Family Man' and the 'Apocalypse Frieze' series.
Soft City
'Soft City' (1969-1976) is a visual novel consisting of 154 pages in which the daily life of a modern city is illustrated in highly detailed pen drawings. This novel is considered by many as his most important work. Soft City takes the viewer on a trip through the day in the life of a family. In a sober, simplistic way, Pushwagner creates a mechanical world. The theme of this novel is reminiscent of books such as 1984 by George Orwell and Lanark by Alasdair Gray, and the film Metropolis by Fritz Lang. Pushwanger uses a combination of art history, science fiction and contemporary culture to create a complex, foreboding alternative universe, where there is no room for individuals or latecomers.
A Day in the Life of Family Man
'A Day in the Life of Family Man' is a series of prints from the 'eighties, in which repetition, routine and infinity are illustrated in 34 almost identical drawings in pink, black and grey. These prints show scenes from daily family life, each with a clear Pushwagner make-over. Everywhere there are television screens where daily life is monitored. A man and woman are followed during their daily activities such as working and shopping.
The third series, 'Apocalypse Frieze', contains seven large-format works. The best known work from the series is 'Jobkill' from 1990 and is considered one of the most detailed art works in the world. In an art historical sense, the work's considerable detail is reminiscent of Pieter Bruegel's 'The Triumph of Death' dating from 1562, the series of etchings by Goya entitled 'The Disasters of war' from the early 19th century or - more recently - the installation 'Fucking Hell' by the Chapman brothers dating from 2009. In common with these works, Jobkill is a theatre of war. A warship sails on a sea of skeletons and corpses, everywhere there are gun turrets and machine guns, and jets and parachutists fly through the air.
Goya's series of etchings 'Los Desastres de la Guerra' (Disasters of War), which were an inspiration for Pushwagner's 'Jobkill', were on display in the museum during Pushwagner's exhibition. It was a rare opportunity in the Netherlands to see the entire series of eighty prints by the Spanish artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828). Read more information about this exhibition in the Print Room here.
Hariton Pushwagner
Pushwanger trained at the National Academy of Fine Art in Oslo and at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris. In 2008 he participated in the Biennial of Berlin, which proved his major breakthrough. The artist describes himself as a 'spiritual student' of the Norwegian author Axel Jensen, who he met in 1968. He illustrated Jensen's book "Og resten står skrivd i stjernene/And the Rest is Writ(ten) in the Stars" in 1995. The name Hariton Pushwagner is a pseudonym of Terje Brofos; he gave himself this nickname in 1970 as a satirical reference to Hare Krishna and other Eastern philosophers, and to shopping carts ("push wagons").
Documentary about Pushwagner
The artist was followed for three years by the Norwegian directors Even Benestad and August B. Hanssen. Because of Pushwagner's sometimes destructive tendencies, they describe him as "the artist who is about to lose everything". The film about his life has been selected for various film festivals throughout the world, such as Nordox - Nordic Documentary Film Festival in China and Brisbane International Film Festival in Australia.
Pushwagner in the media
The travelling Pushwagner exhibition has been discussed in and enthusiastically praised by the press. You will find several reviews and articles here:
- BBC News about the opening of the exhibition
- Art / Books publishing, the publisher of the monograph issued for this exhibition
- The Norwegian government has also paid attention to this travelling exhibition on its website
- The Guardian nominated Pushwagner as 'artist of the week'
- Review of the exhibition on the Norwegian news site NRK
With kind support to
The exhibition has partly been made possible thanks to Fritt Ord (Foundation for Freedom of Expression, Norway), Norsk Kulturråd (Norwegian Council for Culture) and OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway) and the Norwegian Embassy.


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|2008-04-25, 14:47
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Strangely dependable...
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: some random place out there...
Just because I like a character does not mean that I won't accept the fact that the character I like may have some faults that I may not agree with. And this is what I am doing here, expressing my disappointment in some of his actions but supporting him in others. That goes for Zero too.
|2008-04-25, 16:01
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: In my harem with all my beautiful bishounens XD
Age: 28
Imagine, a perfect Kaname (mind you, in the beginning we had the impression that Kaname was perfect and all noble and humble, until we saw his 'darker' side) or a perfect Zero, we would loose interest in the characters themselves. Because they are too perfect. I haven't read the manga for about 2 months now, but I was up to date until then, but I think others may or may not agree with me on that statement. Like Sophocles said (in context to creating a character for a tragedy, but I think I can use this point here as well), in order to develop a true and deep character, they must have flaws. Perhaps this is why we are all so drawn to this story and its characters.
Personally, I am a Zero fan, I just think he is a beautiful character in all aspects.
|2008-04-25, 23:30
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Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
|2008-04-27, 05:42
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ǾΝΈ ΡЇΈÇΈ is the Best !!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: away from you
Age: 30
Spoiler for Manga Spoiler:
And B/c He So Polite I Loved Him
|2008-04-28, 17:04
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Ok I find Kaname -senpai as hot as his "hellish" eyes . I really think that he is a very important character in the whole series...First of all Zero would be dead by now if Kaname hadn't saved him and secondly he's a main character. He plays an important role in the development of the story. The only thing that I really REALLY do hope for is that Yuuki will end up with him.
|2008-04-30, 18:09
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Join Date: Jan 2007
I'm glad Kaname is getting some love in this thread. I saw so much dislike for him in the other threads that I wanted to cry...well maybe not literally, but I love this character so seeing him being so misunderstood (especially by anime watchers who disliked His Royal Sexiness from episode 1 was really mind-boggling).
Studio Deen just needs to start drawing him as beautiful as he is in the manga, cause some shots of him make me cringe...it's sacrilegious!!!
|2008-05-05, 06:08
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Join Date: May 2008
it is true, even though I like Zero better, I don't hate Kaname. It's really hard to hate any ot the characters (other than Ruka -cough-) but Kaname has the kind, protective guard over Yuuki, which shows his love and compassion towards her life, soul and not wanting her to get killed. Plus, he acts kind also towards all those Day Class "fan girls" while Zero just shoos them away with oblivion
|2008-05-06, 23:30
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I can't win this one
Being a guy the guys dont appeal to me as in "zomg their hawt" or w/e.
but I "prefer" Kaname out of Zero and Kaname. he's way too just "calm and collected"
reminds me of myself, just so calm and doesn't say much
and I dont think he's neccesarily "evil"
i mean he says he is.....but still......i think he prolly has a good heart in there somewhere
Zero is cool too dont get me wrong, but I think kaname is cooler
kaname and ruka are actually my 2 top fav characters in the series neways
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Art meets science in Amsterdam Science #4
The fourth edition of the popular science magazine Amsterdam Science is out now. This issue explores the interfaces where science and art meet.
In Amsterdam Science #4
- An interview with Robert van Langh, chairman of the Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science (NICAS)
- A chemist's perspective on aging processes in oil paintings
- Optogenetics: a relatively young, but already indispensible method used by neuroscientists to visualise brain activity
- Jean-Sébastian Caux writes about the transition to Open Access
- And more from the fields of astronomy, physics, life science, computer science and medical research
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May 26, 2010
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. Men's A2 Volleyball Team, coached by UC Santa Barbara head coach Rick McLaughlin, struggled in its opening match, but survived to defeat Mexico, 3-2 (19-25, 25-23, 25-18, 26-28, 15-9), on Tuesday in the 2010 Pan American Cup at Roberto Clemente Coliseum.
The U.S. is 1-0 in pool play and will face host Puerto Rico (1-0) at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday to determine the pool winner. Puerto Rico defeated Mexico (25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 25-18) on Monday.
Officially, Dean Bittner (Lakewood, Calif.) led the U.S. Men with 24 points on 21 kills (0.46 attack percentage) and three blocks. Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) added 20 points on 16 kills (0.39 attack percentage) and four blocks.
Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.) scored 17 points on 13 kills (0.42 attack percentage), three blocks and one ace. David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) contributed 13 points on eight kills (0.53 attack percentage), and a match-high five blocks.
Ivan Contreras led Mexico with 27 points, including a match-high 26 kills, and Jesus Rangel chipped in 17.
"Mexico battled as hard as I have ever seen," McLaughlin said. "This is a young team and we look forward to continue improving with the tournament. The competition is very even from one to nine."
"We had to scratch and fight for the victory," U.S. captain Tyler Hildebrand (Mesa, Ariz.) said. "We had to play our best against these guys."
Among the other U.S. players, Max Lipsitz (Williamsville, N.Y.) scored nine points on six kills, two blocks and one ace. Hildebrand, at setter, was credited with one point on a block and 25 running sets on 119 attempts. Carson Clark (Santa Barbara, Calif.) had one point on one ace. Libero Dustin Watten (Long Beach, Calif.) was credited with 19 receptions on 27 attempts and a match-high 11 digs on 43 attempts.
McLaughlin started Tarr and Jablonsky at outside hitter, Lipsitz and Smith at middle blocker, Bittner at opposite, Hildebrand at setter and Watten at libero.
Clark, Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.) and former Gaucho Theo Brunner (Ridgefield, Conn.), played as substitutes.
The U.S. looked sluggish in the first set and fell behind 5-1. Two kills by Bittner, one from Jablonsky and a Smith block tied the score at 5-5, but Mexico used two more kills and a U.S. serving error to lead 8-6 at the first technical timeout (TTO). The U.S. Men pulled to within one point at 10-9 when Mexico scored five straight points on two kills, a block, an ace and a U.S. error to jump ahead 15-9. Mexico continued to lead 16-11 at the second TTO. The U.S. started to settle down and exchange points with Mexico, but many of Mexico's points were being scored on U.S. errors, including three straight serving errors. Mexico reached set point at 24-18. Lipsitz held off the loss with a kill before Samuel Cordova gave Mexico the set win with a block.
The U.S. took an 8-7 lead at the first TTO of the second set, including three Bittner kills, a kill and block from Tarr and a kill by Lipsitz. The teams battled back and forth. Leading 11-10, Team USA gained a small edge on two straight kills by Smith and Lipsitz to make it 13-10 and causing Mexico to call timeout. Team USA held a 15-12 lead when Mexico scored four straight points on a U.S. serving error and three kills in a row, giving it a 16-15 edge. A Lipsitz kill tied the score at 16 and two straight Bittner kills put Team USA back on top at 18-16. Later, with the U.S. leading 20-18, Mexico tied the score on two straight kills. A Smith kill gave Team USA the 21-10 lead, but Mexico used two more straight kills to go ahead 22-21. Mexico lost the lead with a serving error and two straight Bittner kills brought the United States to set point at 24-22. Mexico scored on a kill to pull to within one, but Tarr ended the set with his own scoring attack.
The set victory seemed to unleash the U.S. offense as it came out swinging in the third set, taking an 8-4 lead on three kills from Bittner, one from Smith, one from Tarr, an attack and block by Lipsitz and a block from Jablonsky. Contreras tried to bring Mexico back with a kill, but Tarr responded with two scoring attacks of his own to make it 10-5. Team USA led 16-11 at the second TTO and reached set point at 24-17. A U.S. service error made it 24-18 before Tarr attacked for the set-winning point.
Team USA used three blocks and an attack from Smith and a block by Tarr to take a 5-3 lead in the fourth set. Mexico responded with a kill and then scored the next six points, four on U.S. errors. A Mexico serving error made it 10-6, but two straight U.S. hitting errors and a Mexico block gave it a 13-6 lead. Mexico reached the second TTO with a 16-10 lead. But Team USA was not finished. It scored the next four points on a Mexico error, two blocks from Smith and one from Tarr. Mexico scored to make it 17-14, but two more U.S. attacks by Smith and Tarr brought Team USA to within one point at 17-16. A Contreras kill put Mexico back up by two. But kills by Jablonsky and Bittner and a Lipsitz block gave Team USA the 19-18 lead. From there, the teams battled back and forth. Mexico reached set point first at 24-23, but Jablonsky tied the score with a kill. Mexico went up 25-24, but Tarr tied with another attack. Rangel gave Mexico a third set point with a kill to lead 26-25, but a Mexico service error tied the score again. Finally, Contreras used two straight kills to put the set away for Mexico.
The U.S. built a steady lead in the tiebreaker. It held a 4-2 edge thanks to two kills from Jablonsky and a Bittner block. Still leading by two at 6-4, Team USA scored three straight points on two Smith blocks and a Tarr kill to lead 9-4. Mexico was never able to gain more than one point before losing the serve. The United States reached match point first at 14-8. Mexico scored on a Rangel kill before Mexico's service error ended the match.
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METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Authorities in Louisiana say they tracked a man accused of stealing drugs from a pharmacy because he left behind a pickax he used to break in -- and forgot to remove the price tag.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Col. John Fortunato says the sticker included a bar code indicating when and where the pickax was bought. The store had video of the purchase. Fortunato tells The Times-Picayune that a store near the pharmacy had surveillance video from the night of the burglary, showing the same man and a vehicle license plate.
Fortunato says drugs from the pharmacy were found during a search of 43-year-old Scott Rodrigue's home. Rodrigue was booked with pharmacy burglary and drug possession and freed on $70,000 bond. He does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached.


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Try as they might, Rupert Sanders and Universal just can't seem to lock down a lead for "Snow White and the Huntsman." Top shelf guys like Viggo Mortensen and Hugh Jackman have passed, while on-the-rise folks like Joel Edgerton have been mentioned to join Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron in the film. They seem to be vacillating between a name brand and a fresher face, and it looks like they hope to get the best out of both worlds with their latest choice.
Variety reveals that Chris Hemsworth, who will be swinging a big hammer as "Thor" this weekend (and is already doing so overseas to decent box office numbers), is currently the frontrunner for the lead role in 'Huntsman' though no formal offers have been made just yet. The actor, who has moved from relative obscurity to recognizable pretty quickly, will have scheduling to sort out — he's currently shooting "The Avengers" — but perhaps more interesting, we'd wager this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of projects the actor will get. He's picking up good notices for his turn as the Norse god of thunder and it could see his asking price go up. The bid by Universal might be a play to lock him up before anything else crosses the desk of his agent, but might be playing it cool for now to see how this all turns out.
Needless to say, there is still time. The film isn't due in theaters until December 21, 2012, but it has the unenviable task of coming six months after Tarsem Singh's Julia Roberts-powered fairy tale that arrives next summer. So, we'll have to wait and see how it all turns out. But if Hemsworth turns it down, don't be surprised if they then go to Taylor Kitsch, then Alexander Skarsgard, then Shia LaBoeuf, then Justin Bieber, then Kurt Russell, then Jackie Earle Haley, then Kirk Douglas, then Linda Hunt. Seems to match the random approach they've had so far.
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Jan. 09--Christmas might be behind us, but the season of giving never ends.
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In the same way that Blue Note album covers capture the mood and vibe of 1960's studio sessions, a new wave of designers, illustrators, and printers are taking inspiration from the tone of an album or the lyrics of a song to turn out stylized, thematic art prints. And they're using non-toxic, water-based inks too. Dig it.
The posters featured in this set are local gig posters, designed for tours or specific shows. However, many of these designers and artists have art prints and non-music related work in their shops and portfolios as well.
1 Wilco, Maymoor Park, Seattle by Pfahlert Creative Labs ($25).
2 The National, pre-Lollapalooza show at the House of Blues, Chicago by Spike Press ($40).
3 Bob Dylan, Seattle by Concepcion Studios ($45).
4 Beirut, by Mark McDevitt for Methane Studios ($25).
5 The New Pornographers, Cannery Ballroom, Nashville by Boss Construction ($20).
6 The Black Keys, Fox Theater, Boulder, by Dan Stiles ($24).
7 Yo La Tengo, New Year's Eve show at the Wellmont Theater, Montclair, NJ, by The Heads of State ($30).
8 The Decemberists, with Rodrigo y Gabriela, by Aesthetic Apparatus ($30).
9 Andrew Bird,Troy Savings Bank Music Hall,Troy, New York, by Nerl Says Design .
10 Tortoise, Empty Bottle, Chicago, by Crosshair Silkscreen Printing and Design ($30).
11 The Pixies, Uptown Theater, Kansas City, by Vahalla Studios ($25).
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If you are interested in finding a screenprint of a favorite band or musical artist, check out Gig Posters. This site has an incredibly extensive selection of designers and bands.
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1. Re: Distributed CacheR S Nov 20, 2009 2:58 PM (in response to R S)
having spent some more time reading the documentation it looks to me that it there is no notion of 'storage' vs 'non-storage' cluster members like it exists in coherence.
In other words, if this particular JVM is a late-starter and wants to get 'customer' object from the already pre-populated clustered cache, the only way is to do it is to make this new jvm member of the distributed cache, but then it implies the rehashing. Especially it is troublesome if this JVM is a short-lived one, for example some routine processes which is invoked every 5 minutes by a cron job.
Is this an accurate description regarding 'storage/non-storage'? I am hoping I missed something because I would think this is one of the decision making points for adoption of infinispan vs coherence.
Thank you.
2. Re: Distributed CacheManik Surtani Nov 23, 2009 3:47 PM (in response to R S)
Hi - yes, this is an accurate description. I think what you need is the client/server API which is scheduled for 4.1.0 (or the REST API which is available now). This will let you have the storage nodes effectively as one "cluster", and your app server nodes use one of the "clients" to query the storage nodes for state, write state there, etc. And if you need a "near cache", you could start a standalone Infinispan instance on the app server node with an aggressive eviction policy, and wrap the REST calls as a CacheStore implementation.
3. Re: Distributed CacheR S Mar 25, 2010 3:26 PM (in response to Manik Surtani)
Is client/server API still part of 4.1.0? What is your gut feeling for 4.1.0 GA timeline?
Thank you.
4. Re: Distributed CacheManik Surtani Mar 26, 2010 5:04 AM (in response to R S)
4.1.0.ALPHA1 is already out, with the client/server stuff speaking the memcached protocol. ALPHA2, speaking the Hot Rod Protocol protocol as well, should be out before Easter. We're gunning for a final 4.1.0 before the start of summer.
5. Re: Distributed Cachezaos May 18, 2010 11:13 AM (in response to R S)
The functionality described is what I'm interesting also.
Using the client-server is not very interesting option. In that case you don't get clustering, servers discovery etc for your business instances, and have to implement this by yourself.
The perfect solution for java-only systems is to have possibility to configure some nodes of the cluster as having only L1 cache - these will be the business nodes.
Do you have any plans for this functionality?
6. Re: Distributed CacheManik Surtani May 18, 2010 11:28 AM (in response to zaos)
You mean embedded mode? This is already there.
7. Re: Distributed Cachezaos May 21, 2010 10:02 AM (in response to Manik Surtani)
So, can I configure the nodes of cluster not to store the state in them and only to have the near cache?
8. Re: Distributed CacheManik Surtani May 24, 2010 9:09 AM (in response to zaos)
No, they all store state as a "near cache" and share this state across the cluster.
9. Re: Distributed CacheGalder Zamarreño May 28, 2010 6:51 AM (in response to zaos)
A thing to note here. Using client-server you do get clustering. The servers could have a clustered configuration and if you use the Hot Rod client, you only need to tell where one of those instances is, and hot rod will be able to query the server and get the list of servers forming the cluster. Then, the Hot Rod client itself will be able to do load balancing and failover. See http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-15356
10. Re: Distributed Cachezaos May 28, 2010 11:03 AM (in response to Manik Surtani)
This is actually the functionality I was asking about.
Why not have the possibility to have the node are not sharing the state but get all the other features of cluster nodes? Are there architectural/technology issues I don't see?
11. Re: Distributed Cachezaos May 28, 2010 11:10 AM (in response to Galder Zamarreño)
The problem with HotRod (at least as I understand it now) is that the client is aware of the cluster changes of storage nodes, but not about other client(=business) nodes! So if I need to have client in a sort of cluster too, so that they can communicate - I need to put some additional cluster solution on top of them (e.g. gridgain - but then I can use gridgain's distributed cache instead).
12. Re: Distributed CacheGalder Zamarreño Jun 3, 2010 5:04 AM (in response to zaos)
So, u want clients to be in a cluster to communicate and do what with that information or that communication layer?
13. Re: Distributed Cachezaos Jun 3, 2010 11:46 AM (in response to Galder Zamarreño)
As always:
(let setup some terms first : clients = business nodes = bs-nodes to be short)
1. Know what other bs-nodes are in cluster so that some monitoring node can run new bs-nodes if some crashes, or if the load on some kinf of bs-nodes, or kill some bs-nodes that are no more needed
2. Send a message/RPC/MapReduce call to a defined/group of/all bs-nodes to (1) distribute high-load processing between bs-nodes and/or (2) divide processing between node functionally etc
14. Re: Distributed CacheGalder Zamarreño Jun 4, 2010 3:51 AM (in response to zaos)
Re 1. That's outside of the scope of Infinispan, which is an in-memory data grid. You can however build that functionality with JGroups or you can run your business nodes within clustered JBoss Application Servers where you can get view information.
Re 2. At the Infinispan level, this will be available we'll be able to do things like this when https://jira.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-39 has been implemented. Once that's implemented, we'll look at the possibility of enabling Hot Rod clients to interact with that API although I'm not sure whether that will be feasible in a protocol independent manner.


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Chenrezig Institute in Eudlo, Queensland, will be hosting the annual Vajrasattva purification retreat from 26th to 31st December. This retreat is a great opportunity to reflect on the year that has passed and purify any negative actions prior to the start of the new year.
During this retreat we have the opportunity to learn the practice of Vajrasattva, the Buddha of Purification, and purify our negative karma by engaging in the practice in an intensely focused way. The objective in purifying negativities is ultimately to suffer less and therefore to become happier - to let our good qualities increase, and mental and physical suffering diminish.This retreat is suitable for all faiths: for beginners and long-time practitioners alike. There are no special prerequisites, though a basic understanding of karma is helpful.
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Audrey D. Van Riper (September 15, 2013). Beloved wife of the late Walter "Russ". Loving mother to Cheryl (Bruce) Allen, and Deborah V.R. (Al) Harper. Grandmother to Jonathan, Patrick, Audrey, Janice, and great grandmother to Sammy. Sister of David and Donald Dearie. Relatives and friends are invited to Audrey's memorial service Saturday October 5th 2pm Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church. Internment Private. In lieu of flowers contributions in Audrey's name may be made to Meals on Wheels 8765 Stenton Ave. Wyndmoor, PA 19038.
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In this short animation and sound collage by the folks at Antfood and Buck for the literary charity Good Books International, Kafka's heartwarming fable of a man transforming into a giant cockroach monster to win his children's respect replaces Gregor Samsa with Raoul Duke. This should appeal to those of you who enjoyed the fantasy weirdness of Ralph Steadman's Alice in Wonderland.
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来自 CUPS' site:
- "CUPS 是苹果公司为Mac OS® X 和其他类 UNIX 的操作系统开发的基于标准的、开源的打印系统".
- 1 介绍
- 3 配置 Cups
- 4 共享打印机
- 5 Appendix
- 5.1 Alternative CUPS Interfaces
- 5.2 PDF Virtual Printer
- 5.3 Online Resources
- 5.4 Specialized Cases
- 5.5 Another Source for Printer Drivers
- 6 Troubleshooting
CUPS网站的介绍: "The Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS")CUPS 是个跨UNIX平台的打印解决方案. 它基于"网络打印协议"并且为大多数Postscript和光栅打印机提供完整的打印服务。CUPS基于GUN GPL协议提供。"虽然有其他的打印程序包例如LPRNG,但CUPS是相当流行和相对容易使用的。它是Arch linux及许多其他Linux发行版缺省的打印系统。 It is based on the "Internet Printing Protocol" and provides complete printing services to most Postscript and raster printers. CUPS is provided under the GNU GPL..." Although there are other printing packages such as LPRNG, CUPS is quite popular and relatively easy to use. It is the default printing system on Arch Linux as well as many other Linux distributions.
Troubleshooting CUPS & components CUPS及组件的疑难解答
在'/etc/cups/cupsd.conf'文件中设置'LogLevel'是让打印机工作最好的方法:The best way to get printing working is to set 'LogLevel' in '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' to:
LogLevel debug2
然后像这样查看'/var/log/cups/error_log'文件的输出:And then viewing the output from '/var/log/cups/error_log' like this:
tail -n 100 -f /var/log/cups/error_log
在输出中左边的字符排列如下:The characters at the left of the output stands for:
D = Debug E = Error I = Information 等等...
这些文件也可能被证明是有用的。These files may also prove useful.
/var/log/cups/page_log '每次打印成功后增加的词条spits out a new entry each time a print is successful.' /var/log/cups/access_log '所有活跃的cupsd http1.1服务器列表lists all cupsd http1.1 server activity'
当然,如果想解决你的问题,重要的是知道CUPS怎样工作,这多多少少是正确的:Of course it's important to know how CUPS work if you want to solve your problems, this is somewhat correct:
- 当你选择'打印'时,应用程序会发送一个.ps文件(PostScript,是主要用于电子产业和桌面出版领域的一种页面描述语言。)给CUPS(99%的程序会这样做)。An application sends a .ps file(PostScript, a script language that details how the page will look) to CUPS when you select 'print'(99% of apps do).
- CUPS然后读取你打印机的PPD文件(打印机描述文件)并且计算出它需要哪种解释器去将.ps文件转换成一种打印机认识的语言(像PJL,PCL)。通常它需要ghostscript。CUPS then looks at your printers PPD file(printer description file) and figures out what filters it needs to use to convert the .ps file to a language that the printer understands(like PJL,PCL). Usually it needs ghostscript.
- GhostScript取得输入并且计算出它需要哪个过滤器,然后将它们转变成打印机能读懂的.ps格式。GhostScript takes the input and figures out which filters it should use,then applies them and converts the .ps file to a format understood by the printer.
- 然后它被发送到后端。举个例子,如果你有打印机连接到USB端口,它就用USB后端。 Then it is sent to the backend. For example, if you have your printer connected to a USB port, it uses the USB backend.
打印一个文档并且查看'error_log'文件来得到关于打印队列更多的细节和正确地印象。Print a document and watch 'error_log' to get a more detailed and correct image of the printing process.
# pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts
如果正常的cups不起作用,你可以试试从 AUR 安装 cups-usblpAUR 。(建议三星的USB打印机试用)
- cups - 就是传说中的CUPS软件
- ghostscript - Postscript语言的解释器
- gsfonts - Ghostscript标准Type1字体
- hpoj - 如果你使用 HP Officejet, 你应该再安装这个包,遵循指导避免发生错误. 更多信息见 thread at launchpad/hplip.
如果你的系统要通过 Samba 使用网络打印机,或者这台机器要作为打印服务器向其它windows客户端提供服务,你还需要安装Samba:
# pacman -S samba
- gutenprint - 一组质量非常好的驱动集合,支持的目标机型包括 Canon, Epson, Lexmark, Sony, Olympus;以及配合CUPS/GhostSscript/Foomatic/GIMP使用的 PCL printers。
- foomatic-db, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-db-nonfree, and foomatic-filters - Foomatic 是一个基于数据库的,集成自由软件打印机驱动和脱机打印程序的系统。安装 foomatic-filters 可以解决 cups error_log 报告错误 "stopped with status 22!".
- hplip - HP GNU/Linux 驱动. 支持 DeskJet, OfficeJet, Photosmart, Business Inkjet 和一些 LaserJet printer 型的, 以及一些兄弟打印机。
- splix - 三星驱动,支持SPL打印机(SPL:Samsung Printer Language) (USB打印机要配合使用 AUR 的 cups-usblpAUR )
- ufr2 - 佳能 UFR2 驱动,支持LBP, iR 和 MF 系列打印机. 在 AUR 能找到这个包。
- cups-pdf - PDF虚拟打印机,这个东西可以把发送给他的打印任务输出为PDF文件。
取决于你的打印机,这个步骤是可选的,很可能不需要,因为标准的CUPS安装已经携带了很多PPD(Postscript Printer Description)。 另外,foomatic-filters, gimp-print and hplip 已经自带了很多 PPD 文件,CUPS会自动检测他们.
这是一句来自 "Linux 打印网站" 的内容解释什么是 PPD 文件:
- "For every PostScript printer the manufacturers provide a PPD file which contains all printer-specific information about the particular printer model: Basic printer capabilities as whether the printer is a color printer, fonts, PostScript level, etc., and especially the user-adjustable options, as paper size, resolution, etc."
- 去这个网站 OpenPrinting database 选择你需要的制造商和型号。
- 浏览制造商的网站寻找GNU/Linux驱动程序。
配置 Cups
Now that you have cups installed, you have a variety of options on how to setup CUPS. You can always use the tried and true command line. Likewise, various desktop environments such as Gnome and KDE have useful programs that can help you manage your printers. However, in order to make this process easy for the largest amount of users, we will use the web interface provided by CUPS.
Please note that if you are planning on connecting to a network printer, rather than one that is directly connected to your computer, you may wish to jump to the Printer Sharing section first. Linux to Linux printer sharing is quite easy and involves very little configuration. Windows to Linux and vice-versa requires a little bit more effort, but is relatively easy as well.
Kernel Modules
Before we can use the CUPS web interface, we must install the appropriate kernel modules. The following are steps that I got from the Gentoo Printing Guide.
USB printers
If you want to use a USB printer with a 2.6.x kernel, use the following command:
# modprobe usblp
If you are using a USB printer and a 2.4.x kernel, use the following command:
# modprobe printer
Note, this assumes that you are using the stock kernels from Arch Linux. If you custom-rolled your own, you may need to run this first:
# modprobe usbcore
Once you have the modules installed, you should plug in your printer and check if the kernel detected it by running the following:
# tail /var/log/messages.log
# dmesg
You should see something like this:
Feb 19 20:17:11 kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04E8 pid 0x300E Feb 19 20:17:11 kernel: usb.c: usblp driver claimed interface cfef3920 Feb 19 20:17:11 kernel: printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Parallel port printers
If you plan on using a parallel port printer, the configuration is pretty much the same. Kernel 2.6.x users have to first type in:
# modprobe lp
And then both 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel users can enter in:
# modprobe parport # modprobe parport_pc
Once again, you can check your setup by running:
# tail /var/log/messages.log
You should see something like this:
# lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Note: Installing my Brother HL 1250 i found that permissions for the device don't let cups to write on the device, so practically it doesn't print. To fix it:
[root@mihal usb]# cd /dev/usb/ [root@mihal usb]# ls lp0 [root@mihal usb]# chgrp lp lp0
You may also want to have the system automatically load the kernel module every time the computer starts up. To do this use your favorite text editor to open up
/etc/rc.conf and add the appropriate module to the MODULES=() line. Here's a portion of the text from my
rc.conf file:
MODULES=(!usbserial scsi_mod sd_mod snd-ymfpci snd-pcm-oss lp parport parport_pc ide-scsi)
CUPS Daemon
With the kernel modules installed, you are now ready to start the actual CUPS daemon. To do this, simply run this command:
# /etc/rc.d/cupsd start
If you want to have cups start up automatically every time you start your computer, than you need to add it to your DAEMONS=() line in the /etc/rc.conf file. For example:
# DAEMONS=(pcmcia syslogd klogd !fam esd mono network autofs cupsd crond gdm)
Web Interface and tool kit.
Once the daemon is running, if a web interface is available. Open up your browser and go to:
(可能需要把 localhost'替换为你的主机名——可以在文件 /etc/hosts'里面看到')
or install "Gnome Cups Manager" GUI frontend (see Appendix: A.1 Alternative CUPS Interfaces)
From here, all you have to do is follow the various wizards to add your printer. To setup my Samsung ML-1250 printer, I started out by click on Manage Printers, and then Add Printer. I was then prompted for a username and password. I just logged in as root. I entered in ml1250 for my printer name, My Room for location and then Peter's Samsung ML-1250 Laster Printer for description. Next you will select the device. Since my printer is a USB device, I just selected USB Printer #1. The name of my printer also showed up next to the label USB Printer #1, so look for that. Next, I simply chose the appropriate drivers and the installation was complete.
Linux共享给 Linux
Once you have CUPS setup on your Linux print server, sharing the printer with another Linux box is relatively easy. There are several ways to configure such a scenario, here we will describe the manual setup. On the server computer (the one managing and connecting to the printer) simply open up the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file and allow access to the server by modifying the location lines. For instance:
<Location /> Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 10.0.0.* </Location>
You will also need to make sure the server is listening on the IP address your client will be addressing. Add the following line after "Listen localhost:631":
Listen 10.0.0.1:631
Add the IP address of the client computer by doing Allow From client_ip_address. After you make your modifications, you will want to restart CUPS by doing:
# /etc/rc.d/cupsd restart
On the client side, open up /etc/cups/client.conf and edit the ServerName option to match the ip address or the name of your server. For instance I named my server beast and have entry in my hosts file to point to it. So in my client.conf file, I just edited this line Factory: I did not have to do this step with cups 1.3.7. Going to localhost:631 on the client and then manage printers works fine without ever creating this file.:
ServerName beast
Next, run the following command to update the client computerFactory: Same as the previous step... I did not have to do this.:
# lpq
You should see something like this:
ml1250 is ready no entries
There are more configuration possibilities including an automatic configuration which are described in detail on http://localhost:631/sam.html#CLIENT_SETUP (this link works on your printer server). Factory: This link brings the user to a "404 Not Found" page.
when prompted for username and password use root to access then follow the instructions from here http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/printing/ if its a TCP/IP printer use Jetdirect
That's it for Linux to Linux printer sharing.
Linux 共享给 Windows
If you are connected to a Windows print server (or any other Samba capable print server), you can skip the section about kernel modules and such. All you have to do is start the CUPS daemon and complete the web interface as specified in section 3.3 and 3.4. Before this, you need to activate the Samba CUPS backend. You can do this by entering the following command:
# ln -s `which smbspool` /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb
Note that the symbol before is ` (underneath the ~ on a standard US keyboard) and not '. After this, you will have to restart CUPS using the command specified in the previous section. Next, simply login into the CUPS web interface and choose to add a new printer. For device, there should be an option that says something to the effect Windows Printer Via Samba near the button of the device list. For the device location enter:
Or without a password:
Make sure that the user actually has access to the printer on Windows computer. Select the appropriate drivers and that's about it. If the computer is located on a domain, make sure the username includes the domain:
Note: if your network contains many printers use "lpoptions -d your_desired_default_printer_name" to set your preferred printer
Note: I, thepizzaking, was having 'NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED' errors and to fix them I needed to use a slightly different syntax:
Windows 共享给 Linux
有时,我们需要允许一台装windows系统的电脑连接到一台linux电脑上.方法有很多种,最常用的就是使用Samba.编辑samba配置文件 /etc/samba/smb.conf ,使其允许控制打印机。修改后的smb.conf 看起来如下:
[global] workgroup = Heroes server string = Arch Linux Print Server security = user [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = yes # to allow user 'guest account' to print. guest ok = no writable = no printable = yes create mode = 0700 write list = @adm root neocephas
[ML1250] comment = Samsung ML-1250 Laser Printer printer=ml1250 path = /var/spool/samba printing = cups printable = yes printer admin = @admin root neocephas user client driver = yes # to allow user 'guest account' to print. guest ok = no writable = no write list = @adm root neocephas valid users = @adm root neocephas
Please note that in my configuration I made it so that users must have a valid account to access the printer. To have a public printer, set guest ok to yes, and remove the valid users line. To add accounts, you must setup a regular Linux account and then setup a Samba password on the server. For instance:
# useradd neocephas # smbpasswd -a neocephas
After setting up any user accounts that you need, you will also need to set up the samba spool folder:
# mkdir /var/spool/samba # chmod 777 /var/spool/samba
The next items that need changing are /etc/cups/mime.convs and /etc/cups/mime.types:
# The following line is found at near the end of the file. Uncomment it. application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
# Again near the end of the file. application/octet-stream
The changes to mime.convs and mime.types are needed to make CUPS print Microsoft Office document files. Many people seem to need that.
After this restart your Samba daemon:
# /etc/rc.d/samba restart
Obvious, there are a lot of tweaks and customization that can be done with setting up a Samba print server, so I advise you to look at the Samba and CUPS documentation for more help. The smb.conf.example file also has some good samples to that you might want to look at.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP to Linux
For the most modern flavors of Windows an alternative way of connecting to your Linux printer server is to use the CUPS protocol directly. The Windows client will need to be using Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Make sure you allows the clients to access the print server by editing the location settings as specified in section 4.1.
On the Windows computer, go to the printer control panel and choose to Add a New Printer. Next, choose to give an url. For the url type in the location of your printer:
where host_ip_address is the Linux server's IP address and printer_name is the name of the printer you are connecting to. After this, install the printer drivers for the Windows computer. If you setup the CUPS server to use its own printer drivers, then you can just select a generic postscript printer for the Windows client. You can then test your print setup by printing a test page.
Others to Linux, Linux to others
More information on interfacing CUPS with other printing systems can be found in the CUPS manual, e.g. on http://localhost:631/sam.html#PRINTING_OTHER
Alternative CUPS Interfaces
A Pygtk CUPS configuration program from Red Hat is also available in the "community" repository:
pacman -S system-config-printer
You can also try hal-cups-utils, also from community:
pacman -S hal-cups-utils
KDE users can modify their printers from the Control Center. Refer the KDE documentation for more information on how to use the interface.
There is also gtklp for handling print jobs. It is in the "extra" repository.
pacman -S gtklp
PDF Virtual Printer
A nice little package that I submitted to the incoming folder (ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/incoming) is CUPS-PDF. This package allows one to setup a virtual printer that will generate a PDF from anything sent to it. For example, I wrote this document in AbiWord and then printed it to the Virtual Printer which generated a pdf in my /var/spool/cups-pdf/neocephas folder. Obviously, this package is not necessary, but it can be quite useful. After downloading the package from the ftp server and installing it, you can set it up as you would for any other printer in the web interface. Select Virtual PDF Printer as the device and choose Postscript -> Postscript Color Printer for the drivers.
Online Resources
Here is a listing of websites that may be of use to you:
- Official CUPS documentation on your computer http://localhost:631/help.html
- Official CUPS Website - http://www.cups.org/
- Linux Printing - http://www.linuxprinting.org/
- Tips and Suggestions on common CUPS problems - http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/cups.html
- Gentoo's Printing Guide - http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml
- Arch Linux User Forums - http://bbs.archlinux.org/
- Minolta toner cartridge
- Tektronix print cartridge
- Pitney Bowes ink cartridge
Specialized Cases
This section is dedicated to specific problems and their solutions. If you managed to get some unusual printer working, please put the solution here.
Printing does not work/aborts with the HP Deskjet 700 Series Printers.
- The solution is to install pnm2ppa printer filter for the HP Deskjet 700 series. Without this the print jobs will be aborted by the system. A PKGBUILD for pnm2ppa can be found in AUR.
Getting HP LaserJet 1010 to work
I had to compile ghostscript myself because ESP gs in rep was 7.07 and had not fixed some bugs like ESP 8.15.1 had. I never downloaded 'foomatic' in rep. I think that is an old package.
$ pacman -Qs cups a2ps psutils foo ghost local/cups 1.1.23-3 The CUPS Printing System local/a2ps 4.13b-3 a2ps is an Any to PostScript filter local/psutils p17-3 A set of postscript utilities. local/foomatic-db 3.0.2-1 Foomatic is a system for using free software printer drivers with common spoolers on Unix local/foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-1 Foomatic is a system for using free software printer drivers with common spoolers on Unix local/foomatic-db-ppd 3.0.2-1 Foomatic is a system for using free software printer drivers with common spoolers on Unix local/foomatic-filters 3.0.2-1 Foomatic is a system for using free software printer drivers with common spoolers on Unix local/espgs 8.15.1-1 ESP Ghostscript
I also had to set LogLevel in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to debug2 before i saw that I missed some "Nimbus" fonts. Then I had to rename & put them where the log told me to. Some fancy google searching had to be applied, example: http://www.google.com/search?q=n019003l+filetype%3Apfb since the fonts turned out to be proprietary (i'm sure windows comes with these default). Nevertheless after downloading them(about 7 fonts) and putting them in the correct folder printing started working.
Before that i were getting all the errors said here: http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1010 'Unsupport PCL' etc...
I'm sure it could have worked with ESP gs 7.07 too(in rep) if i was smart enough to turn on DebugLevel2 sooner :/ UPDATE: yeah it did... maybe this info is useful for someone else though.. sorry for the inconvenience.
Getting HP LaserJet 1020 to work
After a lot of tries with hplib and gutenprint I finally found the solution to get my printer HP Laserjet 1020 printing.
First of all you only need to install cups and ghostscript. Then follow the link on http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1020 to the http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/ printer driver page and follow the install instructions. Log in as root. After you downloaded the package and extracted the archive, change into the foo2zjs directory. Now you can follow the original installation instructions with a minor modification to change the userid for printing:
$ make $ ./getweb 1020
Open the Makefile
$ nano Makefile
and search for the line
# LPuid=-olp
and modify it to
# LPuid=-oroot
then continue with the script
$ make install $ make install-hotplug $ make cups
Or you can use the package foo2zjs from AUR and modify the PKGBUILD: change the line
./getweb all
./getweb 1020
(or if you're setting another printer change this line to what you need).
As a last step add and configure the printer in the CUPS manager. The printer should be recognized automatically. It works fine for root and all users. When booting the operating system, the printer is initialized and indicates its working.
Printer connected to an Airport Express Station
The first thing to do is to scan the airport express station. It seems that there are different addresses depending on the model.
[root@somostation somos]# nmap 192.168.0.4 Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-06-26 00:50 CEST Interesting ports on 192.168.0.4: Not shown: 1694 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 5000/tcp open UPnP 9100/tcp open jetdirect 10000/tcp open snet-sensor-mgmt MAC Address: 00:14:51:70:D5:66 (Apple Computer) Nmap finished: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 25.815 seconds
With my station the port is 9100. The airport station is accessed like an HP JetDirect printer. After, you can edit your printer.conf file in this way:
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.2.11 # Written by cupsd on 2007-06-26 00:44 <Printer LaserSim> Info SAMSUNG ML-1510 gdi Location SomoStation DeviceURI socket://192.168.0.4:9100 State Idle StateTime 1182811465 Accepting Yes Shared Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer </Printer>
It should work. I had a few problems. There were resolved by removing foomatic and installing foomatic-db, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-db-ppd instead.
Performing Utility Functions on Epson Printers
Here we explain how to perform some of the utility functions such as nozzle cleaning and nozzle checks on Epson printers. We will use the escputil utility, which is part of the gutenprint package.
There is a man page ("man escputil") that provides pretty good information, but it does not include necessary information on how to identify your printer. There are two parameters that can be used. One is --printer; what it expects is the name you used to identify your printer when you configured it. The other is --raw-device. What this option expects is is something beginning with "/dev". If your printer is a serial printer, and the only serial printer, it is "/dev/lp0". If it is an usb printer, it is "/dev/usb/lp0". If you have more than one printer, they will have names ending in "lp1", "lp2", etc.
- To clean the printer heads:
escputil -u --clean-head
- To prints the nozzle-check pattern, allowing you to verify that the previous head cleaning worked. (Or to determine that you need to clean the heads)
escputil -u --nozzle-check
If you want to perform an operation that requires 2-way communication with a printer, you must use the "--raw-device" specification, and your user must root or be a member of the group "lp".
- The following is an example of getting the printer's internal identification:
sudo escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --identify
- To prints out the ink levels of the printer:
sudo escputil --raw-device=/dev/usb/lp0 --ink-level
This is a printer status monitor which enables to get the remaining ink quantity, to print test patterns, to reset printer and to clean nozzle. It use an intuitive graphical user interface. Package can be downloaded from AUR.
Another Source for Printer Drivers
On http://www.turboprint.de/english.html is a really good printer driver for many printers not yet supported by Linux (especially Canon i*). The only problem is that high-quality-prints are either marked with a turboprint-logo or you have to pay for it... It's not Open-Source.
As a result of upgrade
Error with gnutls
After updating, if you get something like :
/usr/sbin/cupsd: error while loading shared libraries: libgnutls.so.13: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
You need to update gnutls:
pacman -S gnutls
In addition, in /etc/cups, there will be a file named cupsd.conf.pacnew. Rename it cupsd.conf.
All jobs are "stopped"
After updating CUPS, if all jobs sent to the printer become "stopped", delete the printer and add it again. Using the CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631), go to Printers > Delete Printer.
Note: If you don't remember your printer's settings, go to Printers > Modify Printer. Copy down the information displayed, click 'Modify Printer' to proceed to the next page(s), etc.


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REGAN, Kenneth Mills, a Representative from Texas; born in Mount Morris, Ogle County, Ill., March 6, 1893; attended the public schools and Vincennes (Ind.) University; during the First World War served as a flyer in the United States Army Signal Corps; in 1920 engaged in the real estate business and as an oil operator in Pecos, Tex.; alderman of the city of Pecos; mayor of Pecos 1929-1932; member of the State senate 1933-1937; during the Second World War served as an intelligence officer in the Air Corps and was discharged with the rank of captain; moved to Midland, Tex., and continued oil operations; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Ewing Thomason; reelected to the Eighty-first, Eighty-second, and Eighty-third Congresses, and served from August 23, 1947, to January 3, 1955; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; representative of Texas railroads in Washington, D.C.; died in Santa Fe, N.Mex., on August 15, 1959; interment in Resthaven Memorial Park, Midland, Tex.
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