From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 20:20:34 2008 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 2A640106569D for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0619D8FC1C for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: (qmail 4637 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2008 20:20:33 -0000 Received: from april.chuckr.org (chuckr@[66.92.151.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 16 Mar 2008 20:20:33 -0000 Message-ID: <47DD7FBF.2070908@chuckr.org> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:14:55 -0400 From: Chuck Robey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 OpenPGP: id=F3DCA0E9; url=http://pgp.mit.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Predrag Punosevac , FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org, Gligor Lucian Subject: Re: USB printer 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: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:20:34 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Robey >> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24 AM >> To: Predrag Punosevac >> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org; Gligor Lucian >> Subject: Re: USB printer >> >> >> Cups on FreeBSD is still woefully underdocumented, relying 100% on others >> sites, when the cups installation has been changed (somewhat) to >> agree with >> hier(7). I agree that needed to be done, and would have been complaining >> if it hadn't, but then there should have been some small notes detailing >> how to install a local driver. > > The problem here is that CUPS is really mostly useful if your > using Gnome for your desktop, because there's a lot of GUI > configuration software that is written for that desktop that > makes CUPS configuration a snap. (and installing foomatic > drivers and the like) > > If your not a right-clicker or an i-book flipper than it's > understandable you would wonder why there's so much attention > paid to CUPS for FreeBSD since it does nothing for the usual > command line junkie. Sorry, I hate to differ, but even on my Mac OSX with dual PPC processors, I use lpr all the time, and I use "ssh (hostname) lpr > Ted -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH3X+/z62J6PPcoOkRAmSLAJ4xWyxjWzAnuUBOpgwjoVXZ2tvaPwCgmNN6 g9W18DTbpkvwvPaVqj6mNRo= =PVXh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----