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Subject: Re: Network Printing recommendations please
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On 2007/03/08 12:02, Andy Kendall seems to have typed:
> 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?

I would suggest trying out CUPS and reading the manual on how to use the CUPS
LPR instead of the standard LPR, especially for the inkjet.
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/man-lpr.html

You should be able to use LPR directly for the HPLJ4 if you don't want CUPS:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-intro-setup.html