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From: Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD port for redirecting printer
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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!