Subject: Re: printer recommendations
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/30/2008 13:54:17
In article <20080130084102.GA13735@lori.ghen.be>,
Geert Hendrickx <ghen@telenet.be> wrote:
>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.
>
So do I; plus I was never able to make CUPS work just over the local printer
socket.
christos