On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 10:49:40PM +0200, Armin K. wrote: > > Just curious, do you own USB printer? If so, do you build cups with > libusb support or use usblp module. I do not understand the usblp stuff. > I see many distros blacklist it or even they don't select it in their > kernels in favour of libusb backend, which talks directly to usb > printers. Which one would you recommend? Current instructions have > libusb disabled by default with a note about usblp stuff. > Yes, epson r360. With usblp. At times in the past, libusb has apparently caused aggravation. It isn't something I've ever needed (I've a feeling I had to install it while merging Wayne's gnome-3.2 changes, but if so, I didn't print from that system).
I believe in the kiss principle. For what I'm doing (occasional printing of text for letters or recipes, and infrequent printing of photos with gutenprint), usblp works fine. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
