On 08 Dec 2009, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > After my problems with CUPS --- discussed in a previous thread > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/07/msg01157.html --- I > decided to move to LPRng for print job spooling. > > The shift itself was easy; it didn't take more than an hour to remove > CUPS, install LPRng and configure it to work. But what is interesting > is that LPRng proved better for a network printer than CUPS: its lpq > command does what it is supposed to by showing me the printer queue > status and not merely the local queue status. lprm also works out of > the box. > > While it possible that I wasn't using CUPS correctly (I tried!), I > clearly can use LPRng with far less effort. I wonder then why Debian > prefers to bundle CUPS as its default print spooler? > > Girish.
I very much agree with this. I ditched CUPS two years ago or longer in favour of LPRNG plus magicfilter. Much easier to set up and the results are better. Unfortunately a lot of apps these days expect you to be using CUPS as a matter of course. Herd mentality. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
