From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 03:30:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0F116A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 03:30:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0665043D1D for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 03:30:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 4571 invoked by uid 505); 28 Jan 2004 11:30:11 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(0.0/5.0):. Processed in 0.297053 secs); 28 Jan 2004 11:30:11 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 28 Jan 2004 11:30:10 -0000 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:34:18 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: Ksenia Marasanova In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20040128122152.E3327@pukruppa.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alternative for CUPS spooler X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:30:11 -0000 On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Ksenia Marasanova wrote: > Hi list, > > After view hours trying to get my printer running with CUPS, I gave it > up and want an alternative. I have a usb postscript printer (Brother), > and a PPD file. The hardware part is working, I just need a spooler, so > the clients can send print jobs. What spoolers do you people using? > > If anyone interested in my painfull CUPS experience, here is the > problem (maybe I'm missing something and there is still a solution?): > In order to use Brother driver, I need foomatic-rip and > foomatic-gswrapper (www.linuxprinting.org) In order to get > foomatic-gswrapper to work, I have to install ESP Ghostscript. But > there is no port for ESP Ghostscript and it wouldn't compile on my > -stable :-(. 1) You are right: Installing CUPS can be a pain in the bum. If you need it for some reasons I can forward you some emails, where the usual problems are discussed. 2) If you have got a real postscript printer you can have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook - there is a section about setting up printers manually. 3) If you are looking for a program which takes care of the setup problems for you, there is an alternative to Cups: /usr/ports/print/apsfilter . Mind: Apsfilter asks you for some options during installation. If you, p.ex., choose latex support the build will take some time. Good Luck, Uli. > > Thanx, > Ksenia. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+