Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:16:20 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS Message-ID: <20111028231620.4f627eef.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <15996.1319704110@tristatelogic.com> References: <15996.1319704110@tristatelogic.com>
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:28:30 -0700 "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> wrote: > > > This isn't really a question. It's more of a semi-rant, combined with some > information that I wanted to put on the record (so that it can be googled) > because it may benefit some folks, other than just me. > > I'm impatient by nature, and I don't like CUPS. (I would say that I hate > it, but I don't actually feel that strongly.) > > I have two personal workstations. When I say "personal" I mean it. I'm > the only one who ever touches them. I think I have over 50 ports depending on CUPS in one way or another.. but I've never configured or knowingly used CUPS. The easiest way I've found for printing is ports/print/apsfilter. It seems to support a lot of printers and has a configuration script that generates the /etc/printcap file. There is a guide at http://www.freebsddiary.org/apsfilter.php Take a look at http://www.apsfilter.org/ for detailed information. Randy
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