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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:55:17 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: |
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> And can somebody explain the need to use http to set |
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> up a printer on one's own computer? Afterall PC |
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> *does* mean personal computer. I'm assuming that |
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> localhost:631 is on my own machine. But even so it |
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> seems a bit much. |
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Leaving aside all the arguments already presented about it being easier |
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for the developers (they can give you a GUI configuration tool without |
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having to code a GUI) - you don't have to use a browser to configure |
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CUPS, there are other alternatives, such as KDE's printer config tool. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Manual Writer's Creed: Garbage in, gospel out. |
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