[Sheflug] CUPS vs BSD

[Steve Tickle <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 15:39 09/09/02 +1200, Richard Stevenson wrote:
>On 7 Sep 2002, John Cooper wrote:
>
> > Dont know if this is any help but I have used cups for printing to
> > 4050Ns for ages. I just got a ppd from linuxprinting.org and stuck it in
> > /usr/share/cups/models and then selected it on the web interface.
> > I have had no problems with cups and it is really easy to use with the
> > web interface or the command line.
>
>Thanks; I removed BSD lpr, installed CUPS, and grabbed a .ppd from
>hp.sourceforge.net, and all is well.  OOo likes the .ppd and all :)

At the risk of starting a some kind of religious war, could someone explain 
the relative benefits/ disadvantages of CUP vs BSD?

Ta


Steve

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