Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:54:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Slagle <raistlin@tacorp.net> To: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spool-less and server-less printing Message-ID: <20060616075356.G81728@mail.tacorp.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0606151624300.16249@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> References: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0606151624300.16249@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > What do you use for your workstation printing? > > I am looking for suggestions and experiences with using printing software > without any daemon running and not needing to queue the print jobs. (It is > okay if remote is a server -- I am just talking about a workstation.) > > I recently read that foomatic-rip can be used as a stand-alone lpr > alternative. It uses PPD files, a render like ghostscript, and is said to > work with all known spoolers. > > Can lprng or cups be used without having a daemon running? (Like for > printing directly to an attached parallel port printer.) For remote printers, you should look at rlpr - ports/print/rlpr Jason -- Jason Slagle /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign . X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail . / \ - NO Word docs in e-mail .
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