Next-Generation Printing with CUPS
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an alternative to the venerable lpr subsystem presented earlier in this chapter, and is intended to be a cross-platform printing solution for all UNIX environments. CUPS is not a standard part of FreeBSD, nor is it included in a standard FreeBSD installation. It is, however, available in the FreeBSD ports collection, and its home page (where a great deal of useful information can be found) is at http://www.cups.org.
The strength of CUPS is that it’s geared toward printing in the same paradigm as in the Windows world, where printers are described to the operating system using PPD (PostScript Printer Description) files that can be distributed over the network transparently ...
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