From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 23 11:20:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D985116A4CE for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 11:20:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D18D243F93 for ; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 11:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) hANJK9vq000369 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:20:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost)hANJK8jD000368; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:20:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (localhost.klemm.apsfilter.org [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.apsfilter.org (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hANJJ4lC002200; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:19:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from andreas@localhost)hANJJ0c4002199; Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:19:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas) Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:19:00 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= Message-ID: <20031123191900.GA2176@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> References: <200311231604.hANG4iCV042391@spider.deepcore.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-BETA X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: Soren Schmidt cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing problems lpr/lpd misbehavior ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: chat@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 19:20:35 -0000 On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 05:42:44PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Soren Schmidt writes: > > Disregard above, some crappy port has installed "cups" which apparently > > has its own "lpr" command, nice... > > Sorry, but *you* are the "crappy port". CUPS is intentionally split > into several ports so that the parts that other ports depend on > (cups-base) can be installed separately from the front-end (cups-lpr) > and the only port that depends on the front-end is the meta-port, > which itself has no dependents. > > You should consider this a golden opportunity to try out CUPS, which ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^..... > is much easier to set up than the base system's lpd, and has far > better support for modern printers (including the ability to configure > printer options such as resolution, quality, duplex etc.). q: What makes cups so special that one should try it out ? What can it do better than apsfilter which IMHO isn't as bloated as cups and has better features... reply-to set ... Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/