Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:51:35 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" <luck@computerking.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing pdf Message-ID: <20061102095135.40089948@localhost> In-Reply-To: <25511720.851162419640215.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com> References: <25511720.851162419640215.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com>
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On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:20:40 -0700 (MST)
"RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" <luck@computerking.ca> wrote:
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> Hello all am having great difficulty getting pdf to print to the printer
> attached to my Freebsd box please help.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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