Re: Current wisdom on printing from Firefox

[Andrew Luke Nesbit <andrew%siru.org@localhost>]

On 29/12/2019 20:42, David Brownlee wrote:
> What are other people doing?

TLDR: I rely on other people or small businesses who have configured 
printing to work properly.

When it comes to printing, then usually, and regardless of the OS, I 
print to PDF.  The I copy that PDF file to a USB flash drive and print 
it at a local print shop or Internet cafe.  Obviously I wouldn't print 
anything confidential this way.

Alternatively I may take it to my office and print there.

It's been a long time since I set up a service that prints directly from 
a *nix workstation to a PCL or PS printer.

The last time I /did/ do it, however, I was running Debian+GNOME with a 
well known model of printer.  The drivers were readily available in the 
distribution of Debian I was running, and everything just worked.

The last time I did it on BSD, I set up FreeBSD+an HP LJ4+LPD.  Even for 
such a standard printer, it was a nightmare.  This was back in FreeBSD 
4.* days, mind.  So about 20 years ago.

I don't know if or how CUPS improved the dismal printing situation on 
Unix.  It was one major reason for moving over to Mac OS X at the time 
(the others being audio and power management).

I've never tried printing from NetBSD.

Andrew