From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 8 14:28:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B41A16A4CE for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:28:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BC5743D45 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:28:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i78ESUmA039535; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:28:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i78ESPC3039534; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:28:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 16:28:25 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: montag@informationsberatung.de Message-ID: <20040808142825.GB34478@abigail.blackend.org> References: <51115.217.231.75.170.1091973633.squirrel@217.231.75.170> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51115.217.231.75.170.1091973633.squirrel@217.231.75.170> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Printing documentation X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 14:28:35 -0000 On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 04:00:33PM +0200, montag@informationsberatung.de wrote: > Dear folks from the documentation, > > using FreeBSD for the recent years on a daily basis on the desktop for my > job as a self-employed information broker I'd like first of to express my > thanks to all who work on this wonderful project. > > As now pointed out on slashdot, this article ( > http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=321) is about > easily setting up a printer. > > This is the only downside of FreeBSD: The bad documentation of apsfilter > as the easy way to printing. It would be absolutely sufficient to put this > as chapter in the handbook - with the permission of the author of course. > This would help the most people with installing the system. The rest may > furtheron write printcaps and fiddle with device-names. > I read that article, and apart a make install in the apsfilter ports directory and a lpd_enable="YES", there's nothing. Sorry to say that. The current printing chapter in the Handbook is really detailled but does not offer a quick and simple printing configuration method for a newcomer. So maybe something about apsfilter is missing. I'll see what I can do. Marc