old messages on printing

[Collins Richey]

On 2/9/07, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 08:01:45PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> > On 2/8/07, Man-wai CHANG <mwchang at i-cable.com> wrote:
> > > I have been keeping nearly 1200 message about printing, mostly about
> > > printer driver and the old way of printing. Should I delete them now
> > > that Cups and Gimp-print have caught up?
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, with CUPS[YS] all you need are these instructions
> >
> > 1. Install CUPS
> > 2. Try to print
> > 3. If it fails, wait for the next equally untested dot release and go
> > back to step 1.
> > 4. Within 3-4 dot releases, you'll have a workable system that will
> > stop working when the next dot release appears.
>
> I'm guessing you don't care for CUPS?
>

When it works, it's great, but the CUPS folks never have cottoned to
the sequence TEST -> RELEASE. After all, what are the users good for
anyway.

The installation sequence noted above is exactly what I've experienced
over the past few years.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.