Ewald Jenisch wrote: > > Should I go for the standard vanilla FreeBSD lpr that comes with the > system or use anything else? If "anything else" - what (CUPS,...?) > > Please note that I want to print both from gnome (X-win) as well as > via the commadline. >
I was looking forward to using CUPS when I built my FreeBSD machine over year ago. I found that CUPS was a snap to set up and worked beautifully by itself. The problem was that certain other software (gtk+ and gnome as I recall) expected /usr/bin/lpr to be the CUPS lpr (the CUPS port normally installs lpr to /usr/local/bin). It was also necessary for some applications to have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your path for certain applications to work. My memory is vague regarding the details, though. I remember seeing something on the internet that recommended setting a flag in the port to install CUPS to /usr/bin. That was too drastic for my tastes, so I decided to just set up FreeBSD printing and be done with it. By all means, give CUPS a try though. Sincerely, Jason _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
