Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:59:09 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD port for redirecting printer Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uFALkapnAFGVzGfnKD8MhGjgX5j0V-3-ZCd57Wf-mS-w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302262146470.71913@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302261814330.27474@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20130226180645.GA1161@tiny.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302261929020.27796@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20130226183646.GA2351@tiny.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302262146470.71913@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Wojciech Puchar < wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > at all cost. >>> >> >> But for this, CUPS is your best choice. >> > > Sorry i DO WANT SIMPLE THINGS. not overcomplex windows style craps. thanks > Prining is NOT simple no matter what you might think. And what CUPS (Common UniX Print System) has to do with windows, I can't imagine. (It does share quite a bit with MacOS and Apple does own a lot of the code.) Unless you want to print to a very dumb printer, CUPS is almost certainly the simplest choice...vastly simpler than plain old lpd(8) and old, unmanageable printcaps(5) files. But it's your life and your system. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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