printing [Re: [lug] April 8 BLUG talk idea]

[Bill Gjestvang]

Printing for Linux has gotten much better lately.  RedHat's printer
configuration is as easy as Windows, IMO.  Nice gui, pick your printer by
brand and model from a drop down, pick the device type (local/network),
and you're in business.
It seems like RedHat's gui is a front end to foomatic.  I use foomatic
without a gui on Gentoo, and it's much easier than the old days. 
Basically, there are an armload of different sources of printer drivers
out there: gimpprint, HP's official drivers, etc.  Foomatic basically lets
you pick whichever you want, and maintains a list of which drivers are
available for which printers, and which one is the preferred.
It's basically a universal interface to the variety of printer drivers.

-Bill

Ferdinand Schmid said:
> I would be willing to do a short demo on turboprint.  Since I started
> using it I can't understand how I ever got along without it.  For
> desktop Linux it is (in my opinion) essential.