Rusty wrote:
As long as Linux has that horrible BSD printing (works like microsoft) system, it's not ready for any desktop.
Rusty
What 'horrible BSD printing'? I print to a BJC-620 without any problems what soever. From Netscape URL printouts to Star Office, WP8, KDE apps, Adobe 4.0 pdf's, postscript, text, star maps, ... you name it. Zero problems. Zilch, nada, none.... Use YaST to set up .... right out of SuSE 6.3 box. Here's a cut&paste of the relevant stuff from /etc/printcap... ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### bjc600 letter color 360 ### # Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels! # apsfilter setup Sun Oct 10 13:17:26 CDT 1999 # ascii|lp1|bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360|bjc600 letter ascii mono 360:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360:\ :la@:mx#0:\ :tr=:cl:sh:sf: # lp|lp2|bjc600-letter-auto-color-360|bjc600 letter auto color 360:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360:\ :la@:mx#0:\ :tr=:cl:sh:sf: # lp-mono|lp3|bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360|bjc600 letter auto mono 360:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360:\ :la@:mx#0:\ :tr=:cl:sh:sf: # raw|lp4|bjc600-letter-raw|bjc600 letter raw:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-raw:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-raw/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-raw/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-raw:\ :la@:mx#0:\ :tr=:cl:sh:sf: # ### END apsfilter: ### bjc600 letter color 360 ### JLK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/