Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:55:41 +0100 (BST) From: David Marsh <drmarsh@bigfoot.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-Questions List) Subject: How do I print files from Star Office 3? (fwd) Message-ID: <199806302255.XAA01387@bigfoot.com>
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--ELM899247341-1343-0_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have forwarded a query of mine from the UKUG FreeBSD-Users list. My elm settings are such that the query is attached to this message. (Perhaps I didn't really want elm to do this for normal text messages, I'll go and change the settings..!) I hope the attachment comes through legibly, please accept my apologies if not, and I'll resubmit my query manually (and consider myself chastised in advance). -- David Marsh,drmarsh@bigfoot.com | http://squelch.home.ml.org/ | Glasgow/Glaschu, Scotland. *If urgent, phone: +44 141 400-0577.* | >> CYCLEWAY: cycle activism GB/IE: http://squelch.home.ml.org/cycleway/ << >> includes bikes on public transport, and cycle organisation directories << --ELM899247341-1343-0_ Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline; filename=elmfwd.1343 Content-Description: Forwarded message from David Marsh Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have downloaded (and installed) the port of Star Office 3.1, which seems to function satisfactorily. I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.5. I also have ghostscript 5.10 installed, as this seems to be practically essential to print any non-plaintext file on a non-PS printer, such as the HP DeskJet 500 I'm using. [1] Unfortunately, I can't seem to print any files from Star Office! I've tried printing the chart example file which comes with the application but get the following errors: lpr: cannot access diagram lpr: cannot access in lpr: cannot access text sed: stdout: Broken pipe I have no idea what's going on here.. I don't know how Star Office prints its files, so I have no idea if it is attempting to output PostScript or whether it is generating some other format? I can print plaintext files and PS files (eg, the tiger example) from the command line happily, using lpr and the 'hpif' ghostscript filter which I copied from the Printer section of the handbook. I've just tested, and I can also print webpages happily from Netscape too :-) I also seem completely unable to print any files which I create, as both the menu entry and on-screen printer button are ghosted out? Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong? (I can supply my printcap file if it would be helpful) Thanks, Dave. [1] Using ghostscript as a 'print engine' is *such* an excellent idea, IMO. For those with a PS printer, obviously having applications generate PS output by default is a gift from the gods anyway, but for the rest of us, it's a very elegant way of getting consistent output from any application leaving gs to convert it to specific printer data. Nice. -- David Marsh,drmarsh@bigfoot.com | http://squelch.home.ml.org/ | Glasgow/Glaschu, Scotland. *If urgent, phone: +44 141 400-0577.* | >> CYCLEWAY: cycle activism GB/IE: http://squelch.home.ml.org/cycleway/ << >> includes bikes on public transport, and cycle organisation directories << --ELM899247341-1343-0_-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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