Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:13:12 -0700 (MST) From: "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" <luck@computerking.ca> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing pdf Message-ID: <27449558.941162426392683.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com>
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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 <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:20:40 -0700 (MST)
> "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" <luck@computerking.ca> 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.
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