I, personally, refuse to use CUPS because I can't get it to do raw text-only printing (ala my Oki Microline 320 Turbo). I use LPRng instead :/
Anyone with different results? On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 23:27 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:52:39 +0000, b.n. wrote: > > > > And can somebody explain the need to use http to set > > > up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC > > > *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that > > > localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it > > > seems a bit much. > > > > Because you have the same interface to set up a printer on your, your > > neighbours' and your 10.000-km-away pen pal. > > And you automatically get GUI and console configuration programs, thanks > to links etc. CUPS has to be network-aware, so why not use that for > configuration? > > -- Statux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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