Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 13:41:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Cc: kline@tera.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing to an hp500 deskjet from wordperfect Message-ID: <199906152041.NAA07332@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906151148570.2596-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Jun 15, 99 12:34:58 pm"
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According to Doug White: > On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Gary Kline wrote: > > > I just installed wordperfect-8 on both my platforms > > (running 2.2.8) and it works well. As far as the > > editing is concerned. Printing is another matter... > > Conceptually easy, but infinitely buried. :-) I'm assuming you're using > the stock LPR on the local box. > > 1) Run wp as admin: > > su > wp -adm > > 2) Open a new document. > 3) Select File->Print... > 4) In the Print dialog box, click 'Select...' > 5) In the Select Printer dialog, click 'Printer Create/Edit..' > 6) In the Printer Create/Edit box, click 'Add...' > 7) Select the printer device and click OK. Click OK again to accept the > printer driver filename. > 8) In the Printer Create/Edit box, select your new printer and click > Setup... > 9) In the Printer Setup dialog, click 'Destination...' > 10) In the Select Destination box, click 'Create WPApp...' > 11) In the Printer Destination Program, select Create->Automatic... > This will create destinations for all printers defined in /etc/printcap. > 12) Select the desired destination and select Edit->Destination... Modify > to taste. > 13) You can create additional destinations if you wish. > 14) Select File->Exit and click Yes to save. > 15) Your new destinations will appear in the Available Destinations dialog > box. Select the desired destination and click OK. > 16) OK your way out. > > > Has anybody gotten wp to print using the standard > > lp|lpr spooler? Or is there a translator|filter than > > can turn wp files into PostScript? > > You can create a passthrough postscript driver with a destination of Disk. > > Thanks, Doug. Saving this for my notes! Thanks to Jeff Phillips help last weekend I finally got WP printing. Had to create a separate /etc/printcap entry, tho. Among my fumbles were not-doing some setups as root, and doing other things as root. After at least 6 reinstalls, success. On tao. Now I'd like to go back to sage where I originally installed WP and see if I can get it to print over my ethernetted boxes. Just because it *ought* to :-) You're right about the details being buried... Like so deep it'd take a month to climb out of that hole to daylight. I'm already collecting notes re WP so that the next time it doesn't take 53 hours of headbanging and teeth-gnashing. gary PS: Saw that files were saved to disk. Default? Maybe. How would I translate these (WP) files to PS? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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