Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:59:33 -0500 From: Jason Lenthe <lenthe@comcast.net> To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing - standard? CUPS? ...?? Message-ID: <496BE775.6010805@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20090112162216.GA6391@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20090112162216.GA6391@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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Ewald Jenisch wrote: > > Should I go for the standard vanilla FreeBSD lpr that comes with the > system or use anything else? If "anything else" - what (CUPS,...?) > > Please note that I want to print both from gnome (X-win) as well as > via the commadline. > I was looking forward to using CUPS when I built my FreeBSD machine over year ago. I found that CUPS was a snap to set up and worked beautifully by itself. The problem was that certain other software (gtk+ and gnome as I recall) expected /usr/bin/lpr to be the CUPS lpr (the CUPS port normally installs lpr to /usr/local/bin). It was also necessary for some applications to have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your path for certain applications to work. My memory is vague regarding the details, though. I remember seeing something on the internet that recommended setting a flag in the port to install CUPS to /usr/bin. That was too drastic for my tastes, so I decided to just set up FreeBSD printing and be done with it. By all means, give CUPS a try though. Sincerely, Jason
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