From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon May 15 12:00:47 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B39ED6D703 for ; Mon, 15 May 2017 12:00:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D37CB8 for ; Mon, 15 May 2017 12:00:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 199F2D6D701; Mon, 15 May 2017 12:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1951DD6D700 for ; Mon, 15 May 2017 12:00:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailrelay105.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay105.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.20.132]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "relay.skynet.be", Issuer "GlobalSign Organization Validation CA - SHA256 - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8F60AF for ; Mon, 15 May 2017 12:00:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes IronPort-PHdr: =?us-ascii?q?9a23=3A+QU7uh06T0cdP3IUsmDT+DRfVm0co7zxezQtwd8Z?= =?us-ascii?q?seseIvad9pjvdHbS+e9qxAeQG96Eu7QZ06L/iOPJZy8p2d65qncMcZhBBVcuqP?= =?us-ascii?q?49uEgeOvODElDxN/XwbiY3T4xoXV5h+GynYwAOQJ6tL3WbmHC57CYTFxPjLkI1?= =?us-ascii?q?Y72tQs+Bx/iwgti1/4zPeQJQgzz1Nb1oIRi8tgn5u8UIiJskJqtnmTXTpX4dR+?= =?us-ascii?q?VUwStDIlWIkhP14Nz4qIJi8SB4legs+uR7feP9ZatuHu8QNygvL21gvJ6jjhLE?= =?us-ascii?q?VwbaoyJECmg=3D?= X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2ADBQA8lxlZ/9rBQVdcGwEBAQMBAQEJA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBFAEBAQEBAQEBAQEBBwEBAQEBgypSEIEMjnaPCYFkKwGXWC6FdgKFKEQUAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEBAQEBAQFqKIIzBQEeAQWCPAEFOhwjEAsYCSUPKh4GE4onCq8TikcBAQEBA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEEAQEBAQEeBYg9gxuKVQEEngqHHItyeZB/lEM2IYEKTy4Ihz4+NocQgU8BAQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2ADBQA8lxlZ/9rBQVdcGwEBAQMBAQEJAQEBFAEBAQEBAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEBBwEBAQEBgypSEIEMjnaPCYFkKwGXWC6FdgKFKEQUAQEBAQEBAQEBAQFqK?= =?us-ascii?q?IIzBQEeAQWCPAEFOhwjEAsYCSUPKh4GE4onCq8TikcBAQEBAQEEAQEBAQEeBYg?= =?us-ascii?q?9gxuKVQEEngqHHItyeZB/lEM2IYEKTy4Ihz4+NocQgU8BAQE?= Received: from 218.193-65-87.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org) ([87.65.193.218]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP; 15 May 2017 13:59:32 +0200 Received: from kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v4FBxUE1030475; Mon, 15 May 2017 13:59:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tijl@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 13:59:30 +0200 From: Tijl Coosemans To: Polytropon Cc: Chris Hill , FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Printer advice Message-ID: <20170515135930.28962077@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <20170515034820.bdf00cfb.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20170515034820.bdf00cfb.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 12:00:47 -0000 On Mon, 15 May 2017 03:48:20 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 14 May 2017 20:40:43 -0400 (EDT), Chris Hill wrote: >> Second, let me clarify that I would really prefer to stay away from CUPS >> if possible. I use lpr and printcap, with occasional printing from >> applications whose names start with "gn." What I'm after is a printer >> that works out of the box with minimal hassle. > > So you'd be best prepared with a printer that understands PS or PCL. > You can generate PCL easily with gs (called via printcap), and PS is > no problem because it's the default printing output format of all > applications anyway. The standard print format for applications has been PDF for a while now: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openprinting/pdf_as_standard_print_job_format