On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:37:22 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Wojciech Puchar < > > woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > > > >> at all cost. > >>>> > >>> > >>> But for this, CUPS is your best choice. > >>> > >> > >> Sorry i DO WANT SIMPLE THINGS. not overcomplex windows style > >> craps. thanks > >> > > > > Prining is NOT simple no matter what you might think. And what CUPS > > (Common UniX Print System) has to do with windows, I can't > > imagine. (It does share quite a bit with MacOS and Apple does own a > > lot of the code.) > > > > Unless you want to print to a very dumb printer, CUPS is almost > > certainly the simplest choice...vastly simpler than plain old > > lpd(8) and old, unmanageable printcaps(5) files. But it's your life > > and your system. > > Huh. My experience has been the opposite. CUPS is a huge blob of > complexity hiding behind a user interface that appears simple. > lpd(8) can be annoying, but works fine for this kind of use. I concur in this case. I have a Postscript-aware HP printer that also does PCL. The usual simple shell script filter to detect PostScript allows that to auto-adjust. printcap is easy, and I love chkprintcap - especially the -d option! _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
