Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:54:48 +0000 From: Leonard Zettel <zettel@acm.org> To: "Vlad D. Markov" <markov@monmouth.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wysisyg printing of web pages Message-ID: <200307230154.48169.zettel@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <20030722193203.393d18ab.markov@monmouth.com> References: <200307220102.34342.zettel@acm.org> <20030722193203.393d18ab.markov@monmouth.com>
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On Tuesday 22 July 2003 23:32, Vlad D. Markov wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:02:34 +0000 > > Leonard Zettel <zettel@acm.org> wrote: > > I have a quite vanilla installation of 5.1 running. > > Plaintext printing to my laserjet 1100 is working pretty well. > > I have KDE set up and am impressed with the performance > > of the Konqueror web browser. > > BUT when I click the Konqueror print button what comes out > > is an almost unending bunch of ACII formatting specifications. > > > > Obviously I have to do more to my system configuration > > and/or install a package or two. > > Can anybody point me to the information I need? > > -LenZ- > > It is sending postscript commands to the printer. You will need a > ghostscript printfilter for your printer. I like apsfilter, others like > cups, others handcraft their own. After the usual heartburn, I managed to adapt /usr/share/examples/printing/ifp to do the job satisfactorily, with -sDEVICE=ljet4d. Thanks to all who gave me the clues I needed. -LenZ-
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