From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 2 00:25:36 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 D22B216A509 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:25:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luck@computerking.ca) Received: from shoemasters.com (shoemasters.com [68.144.188.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF39343D4C for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:25:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from luck@computerking.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by shoemasters.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 337F97C46E4; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:13:14 -0700 (MST) Received: from shoemasters.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (shoemasters.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11000-07; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:13:12 -0700 (MST) Received: from shoemasters.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by shoemasters.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3CB27C469C; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:13:12 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <27449558.941162426392683.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:13:12 -0700 (MST) From: "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" To: Norberto Meijome MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent X-DSPAM-Processed: Wed Nov 1 17:13:12 2006 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9997 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 45493818321124919413069 X-DSPAM-Factors: 27, X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.361 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 autolearn=ham tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.138, BAYES_00=-2.599, DSPAM_HAM=-0.1] X-Spam-Score: -4.361 X-Spam-Level: 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: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:25:36 -0000 thanks norbert i have installed cups now but am getting the error lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused have messed around with the cupsd.conf to try and allow access but am getting nowhere any ideas? also read through the cups trouble shooting section but they are incomplete. ----- Norberto Meijome wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Computer King/CaNMail http://www.computerking.ca http://www.canmail.org Sales, Service, and Hosting Email, Data, and Web Packages Ask about web design specials Affiliates http://www.computerking.ca/pages/links/affiliates/affiliates.htm Maybe Computer Science should be in the College of Theology. -- R. S. Barton