[ale] Linux printing just plain sux.

[Robert Heaven]

The one drawback to doing this is: The CUPS version of "lpr" works ok
with the original PPD file that came with it but, it doesn't work well
with this PPD file I got from linuxpringing.org. (which actually came
from HP)

On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 18:11, Robert Heaven wrote:

> I've learned recently that I get better consistency, using CUPS, if I
> go to www.linuxprinting.org and download the proper PPD file for my
> printer and put it in the /etc/cups/ppd/ directory. (replacing the
> original that CUPS/GNOME put there)
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 13:15, Joe Knapka wrote: 
> 
> > "Jonathan Rickman" <jdr at xcorps.net> writes:
> > 
> > > > I know it sounds like a weak solution, but I just change my 
> > > > default printer, then let each app print to the the default.  
> > > > That way I don' thave to worry about each app's printing 
> > > > subsystem...printing just works.  I do have an issue with 
> > > > Galeon printing multiple blank pages b/f printing content 
> > > > (only app to do it), but that is a minor annoyance.  
> > > 
> > > That's what I do as well (On Linux and sometimes on Windows). BTW, this is
> > > not a problem exclusive to Linux either. There are plenty of Windows apps
> > > out there that handle printers poorly. 
> > 
> > That may be, but the underlying printing framework is utterly
> > consistent. That's not the case in Linux. I struggled for years with
> > trying to make various inkjet printers work well and be usable by
> > other machines on my network, from a Linux server. I had some success
> > with CUPS, but it was still a real PITA.  Now I've got a JetDirect
> > printer, and I don't have to deal with any of those hassles: I just
> > tell every app on every box (Linux, Windows, and the shiny new eMac in
> > my stepson's room), "Print to the JetDirect device at 192.168.21.28".
> > 
> > I think CUPS, lprng, and all the other "integrated" printing systems
> > available for Linux, would be *truly* useful if they could just make
> > any printer attached to a Linux box look like a PostScript-capable
> > JetDirect device (reliably).
> > 
> > Disclaimer: I hate printers, and they hate me. We avoid each other
> > whenever possible, which is usually.
> > 
> > -- Joe
> 
> 
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