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From: Jason Slagle <raistlin@tacorp.net>
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Subject: Re: spool-less and server-less printing
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> What do you use for your workstation printing?
>
> I am looking for suggestions and experiences with using printing software
> without any daemon running and not needing to queue the print jobs. (It is
> okay if remote is a server -- I am just talking about a workstation.)
>
> I recently read that foomatic-rip can be used as a stand-alone lpr
> alternative. It uses PPD files, a render like ghostscript, and is said to
> work with all known spoolers.
>
> Can lprng or cups be used without having a daemon running? (Like for
> printing directly to an attached parallel port printer.)

For remote printers, you should look at rlpr - ports/print/rlpr

Jason

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