Re: no printer in latest iceweasel
On 25 Jun 2008, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> [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
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