From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 1 22:51:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 256DE16A412 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF5043D58 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:51:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 23063 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2006 09:51:39 +1100 Received: from 203-217-60-156.dyn.chime.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.217.60.156) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 2 Nov 2006 09:51:39 +1100 Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:51:35 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" Message-ID: <20061102095135.40089948@localhost> In-Reply-To: <25511720.851162419640215.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com> References: <25511720.851162419640215.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing pdf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:51:51 -0000 On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:20:40 -0700 (MST) "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" wrote: > > > > Hello all am having great difficulty getting pdf to print to the printer > attached to my Freebsd box please help. > > I have gotten my printer working like in the handbook and can get regular > text files to print nicely. However cannot make any sense out of the > ghostscript section and believe this is what i need to make things work. > > I have added the following lines to my /etc/printcap but of course the filter > does not exist at that directory what should i do? please help Hi Ryan, i haven't used the printcap... but cups works quite well for me with a variety of network printers... you may want to give that a try. you install cups from the ports. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "And that's one reason we like to believe in genius. It gives us an excuse for being lazy." Paul Graham I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.