From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 09:53:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEBFD16A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:53:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE40E43FBD for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:53:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from salty.rapid.stbernard.com (corp-2.ipinc.com [199.245.188.2]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC7EC72DCB for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:46:37 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.com To: docs@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:53:35 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary="Boundary-00=_fOns/q5QCCEMXkg" Message-Id: <200311120953.35785.wes@softweyr.com> Subject: Did I get this right? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:53:40 -0000 --Boundary-00=_fOns/q5QCCEMXkg Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I added a section about CUPS, mostly cribbed from the pkg-descr, to the handbook printing chapter. I'm pretty fuzzy with doc tools and such, and therefore need a thorough review. Please have at me over the attached diff, and thanks in advance. ;^) I'm not on the docs@ list currently, so please keep my name in the reply addresses. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com --Boundary-00=_fOns/q5QCCEMXkg Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset="us-ascii"; name="printing.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="printing.diff" Index: chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.81 diff -u -w -u -w -r1.81 chapter.sgml --- chapter.sgml 5 Nov 2003 10:36:55 -0000 1.81 +++ chapter.sgml 12 Nov 2003 17:50:17 -0000 @@ -4585,6 +4585,27 @@ url="http://www.lprng.org/">. + + CUPS + + CUPS + + CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing + System, provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based + operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software + Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX + vendors and users. + CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the + basis for managing print jobs and queues. The Line Printer + Daemon ("LPD") Server Message Block ("SMB"), and AppSocket + (a.k.a. JetDirect) protocols are also supported with reduced + functionality. CUPS adds network printer browsing and + PostScript Printer Description ("PPD") based printing + options to support real-world printing under UNIX. + The main site for CUPS is . + + --Boundary-00=_fOns/q5QCCEMXkg--