2015-06-30 6:37 GMT+02:00 <bri...@aracnet.com>: > On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:36:52 +0100 > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Sun 28 Jun 2015 at 13:27:17 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > > maybe. > > > > > > after my struggling with cups i decided to go old school. > > > > > > it took me 10 minutes with LPRNG to be able to print a postscript > > > file, something i have not yet been able to do with cups (which i > > > might point out is using the exact same drivers). > > > > > > so now the question is: how do i make my applications aware of the > > > lprng printer ? > > > > > > applications would be : mozilla, claws-mail, libre office, etc... > > > > For any installed package it is rarely a waste of time and effort to > > read its documentation in /usr/shsre/doc. > > > > > > and it's there i learned how to construct my printcap file. > > however it has nothing about making the printer available to the apps. > > i searched the web again, and discovered there are things like kprinter > which will work. > > now to figure out which of them will actually work. > > kprint(er) is out because i don't want to install all of kde to get it. > > regardless i'm on the write track. > > the really interesting tidbit. libre prints to something called the > "default printer". now that i have a default printer, it works just fine > ... > > Brian > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/20150629213752.5c66f...@cedar.deldotd.com > > good morning. Mr. Briand, did you mean that it has been enough setting your printer as "default" to make LibreOffice use it? sorry 4 my wretch english. A.C.
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