Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:42:52 +0200 From: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer Message-ID: <4C9B2F2C.8050202@nagual.nl> In-Reply-To: <4C9A5A70.2020201@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <AANLkTin7%2BL3V5q7028KF_cdoZncjsj-KWRE2zdwLUrNk@mail.gmail.com> <r314ps-1064i-7010CD50729840EFB7791BB041B9ADC3@Blue-Star-2.local> <AANLkTi=EWxGvNkad2owQ%2B-vAgj_ri0MODDGiMe8NBfCV@mail.gmail.com> <4C9A5339.80200@nagual.nl> <4C9A5A70.2020201@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 22-9-2010 21:35, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 22/09/2010 20:04:25, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: >> 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. The list of supported hardware is very very long, so this part shouldn't be so hard. > 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. This might be true. I guess this is a valid reason not to use it if you want to be able to debug things yourself _AND_ if you are a code guru. > 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. Hmm, strange. CUPS works very well when I use a linux server, but it also works very well on my main server, now running OpenSolaris-b134. I would not want to be offensive, but could it be something inside the FreeBSD code that makes it harder to function w/ CUPS? It really is a pity, because it really is very easy to set printers up _AND_ share them over you LAN at the same time.
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