Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:45:22 +0000 From: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD port for redirecting printer Message-ID: <20130227014522.2e8a2972@raksha.tavi.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302261835120.49330@wonkity.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> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302261835120.49330@wonkity.com>
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:37:22 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > 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. I concur in this case. I have a Postscript-aware HP printer that also does PCL. The usual simple shell script filter to detect PostScript allows that to auto-adjust. printcap is easy, and I love chkprintcap - especially the -d option!
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