rant of the day

[Dpk]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 07:46:45PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote:

   [snip]   
   And, of course, there's the fact that the HP manuals don't even
   *mention* how to use the printer over a network in a UNIX
   environment, but go on at great length on how to use it
   from... <drum roll> *OS/2*, of all operating systems.  I'm sure
   that both of the OS/2 users on the planet are very happy with
   this smart, strategic choice.

The JetDirect manual should cover at least BSD systems, Solaris, and
HP-UX.

<dpk type="bias">
All UNIX native printing systems are crap... get rid of them all!

Install and use LPRnG (http://www.astart.com/lprng/LPRng.html) with
the ifhp filter (same site) for HP printers.  Both software packages
are well documented at the website and are distributed under the GPL.
</dpk>

DPK