From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 01:14:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BD5106566B for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lenthe@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 732988FC08 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lenthe@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.52]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 2oLw1b00e17dt5G57p0wDB; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:00:56 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.112] ([71.224.172.79]) by OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 2p0v1b0071j8Znr3Zp0v0l; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:00:56 +0000 Message-ID: <496BE775.6010805@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:59:33 -0500 From: Jason Lenthe User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090111) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ewald Jenisch References: <20090112162216.GA6391@aurora.oekb.co.at> In-Reply-To: <20090112162216.GA6391@aurora.oekb.co.at> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing - standard? CUPS? ...?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:14:12 -0000 Ewald Jenisch wrote: > > Should I go for the standard vanilla FreeBSD lpr that comes with the > system or use anything else? If "anything else" - what (CUPS,...?) > > Please note that I want to print both from gnome (X-win) as well as > via the commadline. > I was looking forward to using CUPS when I built my FreeBSD machine over year ago. I found that CUPS was a snap to set up and worked beautifully by itself. The problem was that certain other software (gtk+ and gnome as I recall) expected /usr/bin/lpr to be the CUPS lpr (the CUPS port normally installs lpr to /usr/local/bin). It was also necessary for some applications to have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your path for certain applications to work. My memory is vague regarding the details, though. I remember seeing something on the internet that recommended setting a flag in the port to install CUPS to /usr/bin. That was too drastic for my tastes, so I decided to just set up FreeBSD printing and be done with it. By all means, give CUPS a try though. Sincerely, Jason