CUPS

CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) This makes it easy to add printers to your system and programs such as firefox will pick up the printer list automatically.

Installing CUPS

shell# pkg_add -r cups

or

shell# cd /usr/ports/print/cups shell# make install

CUPS to PDF

CUPS can also be used to print directly from any program to a PDF file.

shell# pkg_add -r cups-pdf

CUPS mimics lpr

If you have old programs which use lpr to print then you should install CUPS-lpr

shell# pkg_add -r cups-lpr

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