From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 13:01:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C76110656E0 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 13:01:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0F658FC08 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 13:01:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-65-8.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.65.8]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8142416C00F6; Fri, 29 May 2009 15:01:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n4TD1X1R001639; Fri, 29 May 2009 15:01:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:01:33 +0200 From: Polytropon To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Message-Id: <20090529150133.1897bd88.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4a1f9849.pQymwXa+Jjy6Cj9K%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20061208042111.GA709@host.my.domain> <23685866.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090524104618.0a62a935@scorpio> <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090525154816.3cee4b9a@scorpio> <20090526144939.d21275c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> <20090528111158.aee9a44d.freebsd@edvax.de> <4a1f9849.pQymwXa+Jjy6Cj9K%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:01:42 -0000 On Fri, 29 May 2009 01:09:45 -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > CUPS is a PITA, but it may nevertheless be the "least bad" > solution if one is stuck with a junk printer. Don't get me wrong, please: I do not like CUPS, and I don't use it (I prefer apsfilter). CUPS requires too much dependencies that I don't have any use for. But regarding its alternatives... there are none. Those "modern"# printers can usually only get to work using CUPS, because apsfilter doesn't support the "most modern" printers, has no support for PPD files (as far as I know, never needed it), and the printers itself cannot be made confirming to standards. > Decent, network-capable, PostScript printers do not have to be > costly. I didn't say they have. It's always a question of the printers quality (how good it works, how long it works) and the amount of toner they come with; for inkjet stuff, criteria are similar (allthough I don't know an inkjet printer with PS and network). Even used stuff, therefore cheap, is still of high quality. > I bought a Samsung ML-2571N at Fry's for something like > $60(US) a year or two ago. All I had to do was plug it into the > network, add its IP address to /etc/hosts, add a suitable entry > to /etc/printcap, and lpr "just works". No need to bother with > CUPS. Done the same with HP Laserjet 4000 duplex - it even received an IP automatically via DHCP, so I just had to "arp -a" and edit /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap. The lpq / lprm tools seemed to operate on the printer server inside the printer. > For color, I got a > Xerox printer or a few hundred US$ a while back. Like the Samsung > it has PostScript, networking, and lpd support built in; another > pair of /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap entries and lpr "just works" > for it also. I'll note this for the upcoming topic of getting a color laser printer some times in the future. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...