From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 8 22:20:52 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 B11E216A406 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@comcast.net) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.192.81]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D2B813C47E for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@comcast.net) Received: from atomizer.opensourcebeef.net (unknown[71.61.11.4]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <20070308222051m11009oe2ee>; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:20:52 +0000 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:15:51 -0500 From: Rod Person To: "Andy Kendall" Message-ID: <20070308171551.53bdbabc@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> In-Reply-To: <001701c761c8$a448b3d0$4a074c0a@andypc2> References: <001701c761c8$a448b3d0$4a074c0a@andypc2> Organization: Open Source Beef Computing X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.0 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_TTV3P3BH2agxJcdURKnqhg6; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 22:20:52 -0000 --Sig_TTV3P3BH2agxJcdURKnqhg6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:27:57 -0000 "Andy Kendall" wrote: > The printers I have are a bullet-proof classic/HPLJ4 with internal > JetDirect card, and a new HPDeskjet 6980 (colour inkjet). >=20 > 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? >=20 I would go with cups because you could use the HP JetDirect socket notation to connect to the printer. I believe you can do that with the standard lp commands but I've not done that. It should be easy to set up wth cups. --=20 Rod ----- Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water. Now you put water into a cup and it becomes the cup. You put water in a bottle it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. -- Bruce Lee --Sig_TTV3P3BH2agxJcdURKnqhg6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF8IsX3rDijyy3LEcRAg5JAKCreHxDa/Wdy+22FtmMi9fBOtoNQQCfWpaV DSJb/HJ7+4Nukj5jnnIWj5k= =dSYn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_TTV3P3BH2agxJcdURKnqhg6--