From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 19:35:24 2010 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 0D3501065670 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:35:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A5CE8FC18 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o8MJZJEn035497 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:35:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C9A5A70.2020201@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:35:12 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4C9A5339.80200@nagual.nl> In-Reply-To: <4C9A5339.80200@nagual.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBA9CB7065F84C4956A9C37A9" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a 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: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:35:24 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBA9CB7065F84C4956A9C37A9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 22/09/2010 20:04:25, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > On 22-9-2010 20:40, David Brodbeck wrote: >> OI 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. >=20 > You're certainly not the only one liking CUPS. I long hesitated to use > it, but once I'd decided to do so, I wouldn't go back to lpr. No way. > It's very easy to set up and does a great job. CUPS is OK but most > FreeBSD people don't seem to think so. I don't get it. CUPS is really nice *when it works*. If you're lucky and have managed to buy the right sort of printer hardware, and the Gods are smiling upon you, then CUPS will serve you well. On the other hand, when CUPS is bad, it is truly awful. Excessively hard to debug; impossible to fix without Guru-level powers. One of those "No user serviceable parts inside" sort of things. CUPS works brilliantly when I plug my printer's USB cable directly into my Mac. But I've never yet managed to print to exactly the same printer via CUPS when it is plugged into my FreeBSD server. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigBA9CB7065F84C4956A9C37A9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyaWncACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxgcQCcCAr7iOhPEl8N5OGAgC1cFA7I jLUAn0WzsrybfJ1aOlj0F2eqZ4TkX4Wy =ndXp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBA9CB7065F84C4956A9C37A9--