Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 20:19:00 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing problems lpr/lpd misbehavior ? Message-ID: <20031123191900.GA2176@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpbrr3rq7v.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200311231604.hANG4iCV042391@spider.deepcore.dk> <xzpbrr3rq7v.fsf@dwp.des.no>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 05:42:44PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Soren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk> 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/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20031123191900.GA2176>