Date: 14 Feb 2012 20:16:23 -0000 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing directly to IP address Message-ID: <20120214201623.31094.qmail@joyce.lan> In-Reply-To: <20120214145748.6aeaa1cc@scorpio>
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>same way I do, via a wireless network. The difference is that I am >using CUPS to achieve that goal. My friend would like to do it sans >CUPS if possible. If the printer supports the hoary lpd protocol, you can configure it in /etc/printcap. If it wants socket or IPP protocols, CUPS is the least painful route. Installing CUPS on freebsd is pretty straightforward. The main wart is that you have to manually move all the lpr commands in /usr/bin out of the way and symlink them to the CUPS versions in /usr/local/bin. Other than that, the web config works great, and it has drivers for vast numbers of printers, particularly when you also install hplip. R's, John -- Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly
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