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Date:      Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:09:57 -0700
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        freebsd@edvax.de
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer
Message-ID:  <4c9538b5.IAmh0DDtGtrjQEr2%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100918141525.c7564d66.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:10:45 -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> > > I would like to have ONE thing that is used for printing,
> > > and that does support ALL printers ...
> > 
> > Isn't that exactly what CUPS is supposed to be?
>
> Obviously not.

Er, I said "is supposed to be", not "is" :)  "Common Unix Printing
System" certainly sounds as if the intent was to be the "ONE thing
that is used for printing".  Whether they did a good job of it is
another question entirely :(



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