From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 04:06:33 2005 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 57C6316A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 04:06:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from typhoon.he.net (typhoon.he.net [64.62.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F09343D4C for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 04:06:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from corten8.billschoolcraft.com ([63.204.157.14]) by typhoon.he.net for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:06:21 -0800 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:06:25 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Schoolcraft X-X-Sender: bill@corten8.billschoolcraft.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050105112031.54f063f9.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> Message-ID: System-ID: [en] (I; Linux i86pc) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C84 printer setup 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: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 04:06:33 -0000 At Wed, 5 Jan 2005 it looks like Miguel Mendez composed: > On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:10:46 -0800 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: > > Hi, > > A bit OT but wanted to throw my $0.02 anyway... > > > CUPS is unnecessary. unnecessary software complicates the machine > > and makes it harder to troubleshoot. I don't personally care much > > for this. > > I don't understand where all this animosity against CUPS comes from, but > it's not the first time I've seen people flaming against it. If you > don't like it, don't use it. CUPS is very easy to troubleshoot, perhaps > you didn't bother reading the man pages. Enable debugging log mode and > read the logs, all the info is there. > > Setting up my USB laserprinter takes 10 seconds with CUPS. Drop the ppd > file, point the browser at localhost:631 and configure the printer. > Done. The computer is a tool to get the job done, and most people have > better things to do than spend more time than needed setting up their > printer. It's also worth mentioning that Samba 3.x and CUPS integreate > seamlessly. I must chime in here. I was bragging about how, on the first try, I got CUPS to print with "Solaris-8 (x86)" from my Netscape browser. I don't want to start a flame war but anyone who's tried to get "ink jet" printers to work _first_try_ on Solaris(x86) will probably be nodding their heads in agreement. NOW, I also totally concur with KIS[s] and the reasons for not getting too heavy into overhead. Hell, I still prefer PINE as my MUA just because it was the first one I ever used on Unix. Namaste -- |<----------------------"Word-Wrap-At-72-Please"---------------------->| Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://billschoolcraft.com