Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 01:09:45 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd@edvax.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint Message-ID: <4a1f9849.pQymwXa%2BJjy6Cj9K%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20090528111158.aee9a44d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20061208042111.GA709@host.my.domain> <fcb5effa0612072325x63b4c62boe0eff1ad3a51ad6b@mail.gmail.com> <23685866.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090524104618.0a62a935@scorpio> <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090525154816.3cee4b9a@scorpio> <20090526144939.d21275c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <b79ecaef0905270909kd81dabcpf22289b7781c2885@mail.gmail.com> <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> <20090528111158.aee9a44d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > CUPS isn't extra software in my opinions. CUPS is a PITA, but it may nevertheless be the "least bad" solution if one is stuck with a junk printer. Decent, network-capable, PostScript printers do not have to be costly. I bought a Samsung ML-2571N at Fry's for something like $60(US) a year or two ago. All I had to do was plug it into the network, add its IP address to /etc/hosts, add a suitable entry to /etc/printcap, and lpr "just works". No need to bother with CUPS. Granted the ML-2571N is monochrome and Samsung's color printer did not support PostScript last I knew. For color, I got a Xerox printer or a few hundred US$ a while back. Like the Samsung it has PostScript, networking, and lpd support built in; another pair of /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap entries and lpr "just works" for it also.
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