From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 10:07:20 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 C7C6B16A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:07:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from asmtp01.eresmas.com (asmtp05.eresmas.com [62.81.235.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F4243D3F for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:07:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ea1abz@wanadoo.es) Received: from [192.168.108.54] (helo=mx01.eresmas.com) by asmtp01.eresmas.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Cm84S-0002Bx-CK; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:07:16 +0100 Received: from [80.103.56.213] (helo=[80.103.56.213]) by mx01.eresmas.com with asmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cm84R-0003bG-AW; Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:07:16 +0100 Message-ID: <41DBBBF4.3090605@wanadoo.es> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:05:40 +0100 From: Ramiro Aceves User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040926) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) cc: S Salamander cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 10:07:20 -0000 Hello Ted Many thanks for your response. Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Have you heard of the KISS principle? no :-( > > CUPS is unnecessary. unnecessary software complicates the machine > and makes it harder to troubleshoot. I don't personally care much > for this. I understand now. I agree with you. When I was in Linux, I first used "apsfilter" and "lprng". Then, I read somewhere that CUPS was the new thing and lpr was an obsolete thing and I switched. I accept that cups is very easy to configure, but you are right, I have lost the control of the machine. > > Also, too many people out there have got the idea that CUPS is > somehow required to make their printer work. Not good. This > leads to less understanding of how things work. I completely agree with you. The problem is when a user has no idea how to configure a printer and has to choose among making some clics on a WEB interface or reading several manual pages without understanding a word. > > This is a personal taste thing. Some people like to buy cars > that have a factory cd player/dvd player/drink cooler/hand washer/ > power windows/power door locks/factory alarm/antitheft key/remote > starter/extra fog lights/spoilers that do nothing at any legal speed/ > gps systems/onstar systems/etc. etc. etc. > > Others like to buy cars with a minimal set of things that go a > lot faster because they aren't loaded down with all the extra > unnecessary baloney, and don't cost as much to repair because all > the extra crap isn't breaking down all the time. I agree again, I personally prefer keeping thisng as simple as I can. But in this case I have succumbed with the easy thing. > > It is the same with computers. I know of people who have > Windows boxes that are so highly configured it takes them > literally weeks to put backgrounds/sounds/games/doodads/etc.etc. > on every little thing of their PC. To me it is sad to see > this same attitude encroaching on FreeBSD. Thanks dear Ted, your post has made me think twice. I am going to study the manual and try to configure the printer as you explained. I seems to be easy and SIMPLE. Thank you. Ramiro.