Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:40:50 -0700 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer Message-ID: <AANLkTi=EWxGvNkad2owQ%2B-vAgj_ri0MODDGiMe8NBfCV@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <r314ps-1064i-7010CD50729840EFB7791BB041B9ADC3@Blue-Star-2.local> References: <AANLkTin7%2BL3V5q7028KF_cdoZncjsj-KWRE2zdwLUrNk@mail.gmail.com> <r314ps-1064i-7010CD50729840EFB7791BB041B9ADC3@Blue-Star-2.local>
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On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel@mac.com> wrote= : > The question you are missing is *HOW* does MacOS X print to all these > "cheap printers"? > > Lets take a couple of screen captures from Mac OS X.6 (Apple's latest > released > OS) with all current updates installed: > http://giessel.org/pictures/OSX_printers1.png > http://giessel.org/pictures/OSX_printers2.png > > Hmm, CUPS, and Gutenprint.... =A0Are these methods available for FreeBSD? In some cases, yes. In other cases, where the manufacturer is supplying an OS X driver that doesn't come with CUPS/Gutenprint, the additional driver bits may not be FreeBSD-compatible. I may be the only person here who actually likes CUPS. Yes, it's complicated from a software standpoint, but configuring it is much less opaque. Printers really are complicated, so having a GUI to help set them up is nice. I remember having to manually write and debug filter scripts and edit /etc/printcap by hand, and I'm quite glad those days are over.
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