Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 00:25:27 +0000 From: "Lee Harr" <missive@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing from KDE Message-ID: <BAY2-F323Nii59RkIM700001c68@hotmail.com>
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>One of the things I simply haven't been able to figure out yet, >and can't find any documentation for, is how to set up printing >from KDE on FreeBSD. KDE's docs claim that it has an "Add printer" >wizard, but this utility seems to be absent from the FreeBSD port... >as are the drivers for specific printers (in this case, they need >to print to HP LaserJets using PCL4). Does anyone out there know >(a) where the missing utility and drivers are; and (b) how to >configure them? > Forsake the wizard for ports/print/apsfilter and lpd KDE works perfectly for me, but I had 2 KDE related printing problems... First: many programs default to A4 paper size, and Second: in konqueror the default "print to UNIX LPD Print System" option was using some strange set of options, that would not work. I changed the setting to "Print Through an External Program" and just set it to lpr and it works fine. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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