Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:37:22 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD port for redirecting printer Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302261835120.49330@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uFALkapnAFGVzGfnKD8MhGjgX5j0V-3-ZCd57Wf-mS-w@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CAN6yY1uFALkapnAFGVzGfnKD8MhGjgX5j0V-3-ZCd57Wf-mS-w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Kevin Oberman wrote: > 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. Huh. My experience has been the opposite. CUPS is a huge blob of complexity hiding behind a user interface that appears simple. lpd(8) can be annoying, but works fine for this kind of use.
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