Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:14:55 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu>, FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org, Gligor Lucian <gligor_lucian@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: USB printer Message-ID: <47DD7FBF.2070908@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCIEHOCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCIEHOCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Robey >> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:24 AM >> To: Predrag Punosevac >> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org; Gligor Lucian >> Subject: Re: USB printer >> >> >> Cups on FreeBSD is still woefully underdocumented, relying 100% on others >> sites, when the cups installation has been changed (somewhat) to >> agree with >> hier(7). I agree that needed to be done, and would have been complaining >> if it hadn't, but then there should have been some small notes detailing >> how to install a local driver. > > The problem here is that CUPS is really mostly useful if your > using Gnome for your desktop, because there's a lot of GUI > configuration software that is written for that desktop that > makes CUPS configuration a snap. (and installing foomatic > drivers and the like) > > If your not a right-clicker or an i-book flipper than it's > understandable you would wonder why there's so much attention > paid to CUPS for FreeBSD since it does nothing for the usual > command line junkie. Sorry, I hate to differ, but even on my Mac OSX with dual PPC processors, I use lpr all the time, and I use "ssh (hostname) lpr <filetoprint" from FreeBSD to my mac, it works just fine, and the Mac is running Cups. It does too do stuff for command line people, it's just that no one installing cups on FreeBSD has done anything to get that definitely established part of Cups working right. > > Ted -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH3X+/z62J6PPcoOkRAmSLAJ4xWyxjWzAnuUBOpgwjoVXZ2tvaPwCgmNN6 g9W18DTbpkvwvPaVqj6mNRo= =PVXh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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