From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 29 03:36:24 2011 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 2839F106564A for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:36:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-unix@embarqmail.com) Received: from mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com [208.47.184.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7578FC0C for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:36:23 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=embarqmail.com; s=s012408; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@embarqmail.com; t=1319858181; h=From:Subject:Date:To:Mime-Version:Content-Type; bh=piIkoG83kuZ6GYNpYmQDuY8HugE=; b=d1EMW89tqMhbdeDVgNy4LZ1elxbgjn4YFQpkTRgQmjpxRUYovRwxv+scKyftG/aD PpMV1Z4buFupTTsj6wZ1nbaFNOAmxOA+2gknRGKLkRzG9W496A/jbQIuMxK3njkL; X-BINDING: X-Spam-Rating: None X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=V7X/IJbi c=1 sm=0 a=a/P5tPG/gauUGfzOFWZFVw==:17 a=sywHOKDQNsIA:10 a=1poGYrevpj8A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=hKNOJcEOAAAA:8 a=MuQI5dkTAAAA:8 a=Yucq2wABAAAA:8 a=C5es1gmsjFJICIFzuY0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=r6yUyBKZ7RIA:10 a=--HJk1m7dRcA:10 a=a/P5tPG/gauUGfzOFWZFVw==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp03.embarq.synacor.com smtp.user=rpratt1950@embarqmail.com; auth=pass (LOGIN) Received: from [71.52.185.63] ([71.52.185.63:61475] helo=tv.weeeble.com) by mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.47 r(39797/39798)) with ESMTPA id D0/D8-05536-5007BAE4; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:16:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:16:20 -0400 From: Randy Pratt To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Message-Id: <20111028231620.4f627eef.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <15996.1319704110@tristatelogic.com> References: <15996.1319704110@tristatelogic.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd6.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS 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, 29 Oct 2011 03:36:24 -0000 On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:28:30 -0700 "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: > > > This isn't really a question. It's more of a semi-rant, combined with some > information that I wanted to put on the record (so that it can be googled) > because it may benefit some folks, other than just me. > > I'm impatient by nature, and I don't like CUPS. (I would say that I hate > it, but I don't actually feel that strongly.) > > I have two personal workstations. When I say "personal" I mean it. I'm > the only one who ever touches them. I think I have over 50 ports depending on CUPS in one way or another.. but I've never configured or knowingly used CUPS. The easiest way I've found for printing is ports/print/apsfilter. It seems to support a lot of printers and has a configuration script that generates the /etc/printcap file. There is a guide at http://www.freebsddiary.org/apsfilter.php Take a look at http://www.apsfilter.org/ for detailed information. Randy