From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 18 23:05:03 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 E351F1065672; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:05:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from FreeBSD@insightbb.com) Received: from mxsf03.insightbb.com (mxsf03.insightbb.com [74.128.0.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D95A8FC1B; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:05:03 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.56,387,1280721600"; d="scan'208";a="943999352" Received: from unknown (HELO asav02.insightbb.com) ([172.31.249.123]) by mxsf03.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 18 Sep 2010 19:05:02 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtAwALbilExKgCiCPGdsb2JhbACURo1yDAEBAQE1LcAahUEEiUw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.56,387,1280721600"; d="scan'208";a="385171038" Received: from 74-128-40-130.dhcp.insightbb.com (HELO laptop2.stevenfriedrich.org) ([74.128.40.130]) by asavout02.manage.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 18 Sep 2010 19:05:01 -0400 From: Steven Friedrich To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:05:00 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-RELEASE; KDE/4.5.1; i386; ; ) References: <20100918141525.c7564d66.freebsd@edvax.de> <4c9538b5.IAmh0DDtGtrjQEr2%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4c9538b5.IAmh0DDtGtrjQEr2%perryh@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201009181905.01254.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Cc: freebsd@edvax.de, questions@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com 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: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:05:04 -0000 On Saturday 18 September 2010 6:09:57 pm perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:10:45 -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > Polytropon wrote: > > > > I would like to have ONE thing that is used for printing, > > > > and that does support ALL printers ... > > > > > > Isn't that exactly what CUPS is supposed to be? > > > > Obviously not. > > Er, I said "is supposed to be", not "is" :) "Common Unix Printing > System" certainly sounds as if the intent was to be the "ONE thing > that is used for printing". Whether they did a good job of it is > another question entirely :( > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I think that you don't fully apreciate the task at hand. When Unix was first invented, there were no laser printers, ink jets, USB, etc. That no one can create a one-size fits all solution OWES to the fact it's simply not always possible to unify disparate designs. They weren't designed to be interoperable. Technology keeps marchng forward. We need to discard all of it eventually. If you want easy, peasy printing success under *nix, choose a Postscript capable printer that has a network connection and supports IPP. Make sure the priner has a .ppd file available for it. You can get this file for free before buying the printer itself. I use (and love) my Brother HL-6050DN mono Laser. I'd like to get a Brother color laser, but it has to wait... --