[Bendug] cups

[Mark Turner]

On 1/12/07, Tim Howe <thowe at bendtel.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:02:55 -0800
> Mark Turner <mturner at bendbulletin.com> wrote:
>
> > Tim Howe wrote:
> > > I just want to say "three cheers for CUPS".  Today is CUPS appreciation day for me.  Wheeee!
> > >
> > > --TimH
> > >
> > >
> > I will be the first and ask;  What brought about this sudden outburst of
> > joy?
>
>         Well, long story short...  I had been planning to install CUPS for a while because the stock lpr in OpenBSD apparently can't tell my printer to use the duplexer (and some other reasons).  I was putting it off because the documentation seemed deaper than I had time to dive into.  I was pleasantly surprised by getting it up and running with almost no effort or time, and everything seems to work great.  Also, it has all kinds of nifty features I didn't know about.  So, I am appreciating CUPS today.  The smily-computer-next-to-the-printer CUPS logo says it all.  That's my computer today.

Wow, Im suprised you've stuck with lpr for so long. There is nothing
like buying a new hp printer, plugging it into my *nix box and setting
up in CUPS and having it print in a matter of minutes.
<RANT>On a side note, Canon printer support on linux blows, especially
their network Printer/Scanner/Copier devices and they blow even more
when you have a fiery rip attached to said devices.</RANT>

-mark