From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 7 12:21:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF8C37B401 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:21:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail1.uits.uconn.edu (mail1.uits.uconn.edu [137.99.25.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A77C43FA3 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:21:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from matt@forsetti.com) Received: from forsetti.com (d80h149.public.uconn.edu [137.99.80.149]) by mail1.uits.uconn.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h37JLgr18771; Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:21:42 -0400 Message-ID: <3E91CFC0.3000708@forsetti.com> Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:21:36 -0400 From: Matthew Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030404 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcel Dijk References: <3E91CDBA.9060803@home.nl> In-Reply-To: <3E91CDBA.9060803@home.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.6, required 6, AWL, IN_REP_TO, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES, SPAM_PHRASE_02_03, TO_BE_REMOVED_REPLY, USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA, X_ACCEPT_LANG) cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT (?): Window Maker & Printing X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 19:21:52 -0000 Marcel Dijk wrote: >> >> >>> Hallo all, >>> >>> How does one setup the printer in Window Maker? I am able to print at >>> the console, I followed the guide. But in Window Maker I can't select >>> my printer. Thus I can only print to file. >>> >>> >> >> >> It's not up to Window Maker to handle printing, it's up to the >> application. What do you want to print? >> >> >> > Is printing is *BSD like in DOS then? Every app has to find it's own way > to print. > I want to print an JPG with GIMP and text with gvim. > > Gr. > > Marcel. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > It is actually the opposite -- there is generally one print application, that everything uses. But the Window Manager (WindowMaker, KDE, Gnome etc) does not control it. The print app is a completely seperate program. Try installing the cups port, and then the xpp port. This combination handles printing beautifully. Good luck, -Matt