Subject: Re: printer recommendations
To: Geert Hendrickx <ghen@telenet.be>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se>
List: current-users
Date: 01/30/2008 09:49:30
Geert Hendrickx skrev:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:05:55AM +1100, Daniel Carosone wrote:
>> CUPS, period.
> 
> Why?
> 
> I never really liked CUPS, it's so complex and bloated.
> 
> Plain lpd + pkgsrc/print/magicfilter (for postscript-to-native conversion)
> works fine for me with several different HP printers.

I agree. The only thing I haven't figured out (much due to the fact that I 
haven't even tried) is getting duplex printing to work (printing on both sides 
on printers capable of that).

	Johnny

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