Re: Wanted Please: cupsd.conf file

kalimojo_at_btinternet.com
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:15:02 +0000

Michael Heiming wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc Timothy Murphy <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>:
>> Michael Heiming wrote:
>
>>> You, can't? Cups can, so M$ is far behind Linux in terms of
>>> user-friendliness.
>
>> I agree with the OP.
>> While CUPS itself is very good, in my experience,
>> the CUPS documentation is appallingly, unbelievably, bad,
>> and the various printing wizards are pretty useless, too.
>
> Then don't use them.
>
>> I don't see how anyone could possibly say
>> that CUPS is "user-friendly".
>
> Looking at the example I provided:
> "Care to show me how to setup hundreds of networked printer in a
> loop from the shell in a second with M$?"
>
> I'd call this pretty user-friendly if you can use 'lpadmin' from
> the shell in a loop instead of going through some click-wizard
> hundreds of times. So perhaps 3-10 minutes to setup the small
> script against half a day clicking until your fingers hurt and
> this isn't user-friendly? Sorry but it sound as if you are
> joking?
>
Timothy i beg you not to reply. This guy just hangs around here all day
looking for flame wars. Criticise LInux in any way - especially
constructive - and he jumps down your throat.

CUPS maybe admin friendly but it IS NOT user-friendly.

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