From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 21:50:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB74016A400 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@kendallnet.co.uk) Received: from smtp1.freeserve.com (smtp1.wanadoo.co.uk [193.252.22.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45CAA13C467 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:50:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@kendallnet.co.uk) Received: from smtp1.freeserve.com (mwinf3008 [172.22.159.38]) by mwinf3005.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 9E36D100122D for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:27:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3008.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 884861C00090 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:27:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from andypc2 (user-54471877.wfd83a.dsl.pol.co.uk [84.71.24.119]) by mwinf3008.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 311B91C00087 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:27:53 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20070308212753201.311B91C00087@mwinf3008.me.freeserve.com From: "Andy Kendall" To: Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:27:57 -0000 Message-ID: <001701c761c8$a448b3d0$4a074c0a@andypc2> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcdhyKQDx12dQ5WEQzCrKLIK+Mm+WA== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Network Printing recommendations please X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:50:40 -0000 I've just built my 6v2 box and all is going well so far. I've read the manual and understand LPD and directly attached printers. The manual however is pretty minimal when it comes to network-based printers, (netprint), and only mentions LPRng and CUPS on a single page briefly. I understand this; it's probably because they're not direct FreeBSD products but this doesn't help a newb-to-FreeBSD like me. I only want to build the foundation system once, so, any recommendations please on what to install/configure? (Hope this doesn't start a bikeshed). It's a single user system, for my own education (and enjoyment?) so it'll almost certainly never print any graphics or host complicated databases, etc. It's only got 512Mb RAM and a 10Gb HD so I don't have a huge resource available. The printers I have are a bullet-proof classic/HPLJ4 with internal JetDirect card, and a new HPDeskjet 6980 (colour inkjet). Unless someone can come up with a good reason to use X-Windows I don't know if I want to install it so that counts out LPRng? Apologies if this is the wrong forum or invalid posting, please advise. Many thanks Andy. (newbness embodied)