Re: [MiNT] Printer spooling

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:02:27 , Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
> On 12/01/12 19:55, Peter Slegg wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:46:29 , Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
> >> On 12/01/12 19:35, Peter Slegg wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:49:58 , Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>> With all the talk about printer spooling, I thought I'd mention, I've
> >>>> been trying to get CUPS running on FreeMiNT, but unfortunately there's a
> >>>> couple of problems.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hopefully I get can to the bottom of them, but this would be a nice
> >>>> printing solution.
> >>>>
> >>>> Alan.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I looked at CUPS 5-6 years ago but the number of dependencies
> >>> put me off.
> >>>
> >>> Having access to newer printers would be great but it would also
> >>> need USB
> >>>
> >> CUPS doesn't need USB.
> >>
> >> Alan.
> > Most printers do :-)
> >
> And so does the Atari, but it hasn't in many situations.
>
> Alan.

I suppose there are always network printers but I have never
worked with them much.

Peter