From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 13 22:08:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65CEA16A4CE for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 22:08:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9493F43D49 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 22:08:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from apeiron@comcast.net) Received: from prophecy.velum (pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net[68.83.169.224]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2004051405082301400qnnije> (Authid: apeiron@comcast.net); Fri, 14 May 2004 05:08:24 +0000 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 01:08:20 -0400 From: Christopher Nehren To: FreeBSD Questions List Message-ID: <20040514050820.GA11323@prophecy.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200405121019.11429.fbsd-questions@trini0.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: Printing to a network printer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 05:08:25 -0000 --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gerard Samuel wrote: >Specifically to a Brother MFC3820cn -> >http://solutions.brother.com/mfc3820cn_us/en_us/ >Im currently trying to print to it via CUPS, but Im getting nowhere >fast. Every so often I see someone or more than one someone struggling with=20 CUPS and I have to ask myself "Why?". Why can't you use LPD? It's=20 pathetically simple: so simple that even I have a networked printer=20 working nicely. I remember going through months of pain with CUPS.=20 And that was with a local printer! Maybe thirty minutes with LPD (ten=20 if you don't count my initial, uninformed choice of an any-to-PS filter=20 which gave unexpected output) and I have a perfectly functional=20 networked printer. The LPD documentation in /usr/share/doc/smm/07.lpd/ is extremely helpful, as is the Handbook,=20 http://www.linuxprinting.org , and of course the manpages. I actually printed "4.3BSD Line Printer Spooler Manual" (the doc in smm/07.lpd/) when I setup my printer, and I'm very glad that I did. If it's a licensing issue, then you're using the wrong OS. --=20 I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson - Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. - Please CC me in all replies, even if I'm on the relevant list(s). --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFApFREk/lo7zvzJioRAniFAKCCFjjjSsKtu2rfrjsmz53sEvzkXQCffx4B TA7+64DHfCTUt/LAGo0HdCM= =xhS9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--