On 25 Jun 2008, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jun 25 02:20 -0500]: > > > This is a retrograde development. A principal advantage of Linux has > > always been that you had a wide choice, but this restricts choice. It > > seems that I must either use CUPS, which I don't want to do, or print to > > file and then print that. > > I guess I don't understand the reluctance to use CUPS. Once I switched > to it a few years ago, many printing issues I had were solved. > Granted, it's another daemon running, but, IMO, worth it. > > - Nate >> >
My experience is the contrary. With my printer (Kyocera FS 1010) CUPS never gave as good an output as lpr plus magicfilter. I also find this combination easier to configure, perhaps just because I'm used to it. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]