Re: [MiNT] Printer spooling

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On 12/01/12 20:39, Peter Slegg wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Right, and that's my usage for CUPS as I have network cards on all my
Ataris, but I don't have USB on all of them.

Alan.