Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 13:37:06 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint Message-ID: <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0905270909kd81dabcpf22289b7781c2885@mail.gmail.com> References: <20061208042111.GA709@host.my.domain> <fcb5effa0612072325x63b4c62boe0eff1ad3a51ad6b@mail.gmail.com> <23685866.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090524104618.0a62a935@scorpio> <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090525154816.3cee4b9a@scorpio> <20090526144939.d21275c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <b79ecaef0905270909kd81dabcpf22289b7781c2885@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/OwXBqCngVwYM.28ZNWT2Xa7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 27 May 2009 17:09:05 +0100 Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> wrote: >Seriously, why give up on something because it takes an hour or two >out of your day, and carry on the ~seven minute >reboot-to-'Windows'-cycle out of laziness? Sounds counter-productive >and defeatist. 1) You are assuming that the same PC contains both Windows & FBSD. 2) The technology exists, as demonstrated by Microsoft, to easily configure a printer. Having to perform Herculean tasks, load extra software; i.e. cups for instance, etc is not productive. 3) Personally, I have found it easier to print from the FBSD box to the Win box. As a bonus, the print quality is usually of a higher quality that I can get using a driver built for my FBSD box using the same printer attached directly to the FBSD box. Amazingly, Windows has no trouble recognizing a printer attached to the FBSD PC, installing a driver and then using it with virtually with no user intervention. 4) My time is valuable. I don't feel like wasting it trying to get a printer to work correctly when it is easier to do on a Win32 box. It is not time well spent. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval. George Santayana --Sig_/OwXBqCngVwYM.28ZNWT2Xa7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkodekwACgkQBvaKIJWWCO0rcwCfRYMXqhtRhJLBdyVuqedgHt7E ncYAnAltL/T4qcbNA2M9bIjOeH9CDkYd =hzpj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/OwXBqCngVwYM.28ZNWT2Xa7--
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