Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 21:18:30 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: was: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20000630211830.B22972@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006302027320.4585-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from chuckr@picnic.mat.net on Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:38:33PM -0400 References: <20000630161354.C11113@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006302027320.4585-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 08:38:33PM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote:
> I was trying to goad someone who's installed LPRng to say how
> it goes about printing gifs, ascii, jpegs, etc, on a postscript
> printer. If LPRng itself calls out to ghostscript, then the claim about
> LPRng being smaller is very false.
LPRng itself doesn't have clever filters. Typically one will use IFHP
(a clever filter), and that in turn will use ghostscript if necessary.
[I have not compared the size of apsfilter vs. LPRng.]
> Hasn't anyone installed it, and is willing to discuss how it works for
> them?
I was using apsfilter (for 2+ years), I am now using LPRng + IFHP. It
works well. My personal comparison of the two:
apsfilter
-- always converts to postscript
-- converts MANY formats automatically
LPRng+IFHP
-- easier to set up
-- MUCH better administrative tools than lpr
-- user security (rather than host)
-- support for Socket API, AppSocket (HP JetDirect and Tektronix
respectively)
One must understand that LPRng replaces BSD lpd et. al. Filters are
still needed. It is quite possible to run LPRng+apsfilter if one wants
to do so, for example.
Now the bad news: Don't try to use the ports. They are out of date.
LPRng will not compile on -STABLE without a patch. IFHP does not work
with parallel printers on -STABLE. Yes, I'm planning to update the
ports if the MAINTAINER does not.
--
Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org
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