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Subject: Re: Is there an easy way to set up a local deskjet pinter?
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bsdfsse wrote:

>
> I would like to use my local HP Deskjet 930c printer to print from 
> XFCE4 and maybe KDE (KDE isn't installed yet).  The version of FreeBSD 
> I am using is a newly installed FreeBSD 5.3-Beta7.
>
> I have been working on configuring it, using various webpages on the 
> net, but I thought I would ask - is there not some simple process to 
> do this?
>
> Here are some of the docs I am following:
>

As an alternative to the CUPS method described in the Handbook,
I decided to install apsfilter from ports.  'Twas *almost* a peace of
cake; once I figured out a permissions issue, Andreas got another
post card.  I like it a *lot*.

Kevin Kinsey