Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-09 Thread Haines Brown
> If you don't want to print by default when invoking dvips, look into the > file /etc/texmf/dvips/config.ps > Lines 14--16 read as follows (on sid): > > % How to print, maybe with lp instead lpr, etc. If commented-out, output > % will go into a file by default. > % o |lpr > > Just uncomment the

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-09 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 09.02.2004 schrieb Joost Witteveen um 12:26: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Haines Brown wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > >> > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > >> > information is sent to the print

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-09 Thread Joost Witteveen
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Haines Brown wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: >> > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No >> > information is sent to the printer. >> > >> > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-08 Thread Haines Brown
> Is it possible that the font your text files come out as (as rendered > by the printer) is a thicker or heavier font than the font you are > using in your TeX/LaTeX documents? I assume when you print plain text > is comes out in some default printer font, whereas when you print > postscript, I t

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-08 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) writes: > [...] the dvips command now prints. I'm glad it worked. > My plain text files print darker than my .ps files, and I did not see > anything in info dvips to suggest one could control that, probably > because this is an issue for the printer itself. But

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-07 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 11:35:37AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > My plain text files print darker than my .ps files, and I did not see > anything in info dvips to suggest one could control that, probably > because this is an issue for the printer itself. But then I don't see > how there is the diffe

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-07 Thread Haines Brown
Brian, Thanks for your patience. I did not find info dvips particularly clear, especially since it said basic operation was to print a file. But in any case, I found /etc/texmf/dvips/config.ps, and sure enough, under debian, the o option is commented by default. I un-commented it and the dvips co

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-07 Thread Brian P. Flaherty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) writes: > It seems that in my old RedHat installation, dvips did the printing as > well, but not under debian. Also, my recollection is that the LaTeX > manuals presume dvips will do both operations at once. I don't think redhat or debian makes any difference. I

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-07 Thread Haines Brown
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 03:37:01PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > I went on in more detail in another reply. In short, I do have dvips > > installed, and it is not working. When I run dvips on a dvi file, it > > generate what I can only assume is a proper .ps file, but the output > > never gets t

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-07 Thread Haines Brown
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > > information is sent to the printer. > > > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > > LaTeX package, for that was the ca

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 03:37:01PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I went on in more detail in another reply. In short, I do have dvips > installed, and it is not working. When I run dvips on a dvi file, it > generate what I can only assume is a proper .ps file, but the output > never gets to the prin

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Sam Halliday
Haines Brown wrote: > I stayed clear of CUPS because I'm running a stand-alone work station, > and it seems to open a range of hurdles to overcome. What I'm using is > just the default printer system (woody). uuh... i thought CUPS _was_ the default printing system? try installing it... honestly yo

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Haines Brown
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Haines Brown wrote: > > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > > information is sent to the printer. > > > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > > LaTeX package, for that was the case with my La

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Haines Brown
> Am Fr, den 06.02.2004 schrieb Haines Brown um 17:37: > > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX > > files. No information is sent to the printer. > > > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in > > the LaTeX package, for that was the case with my L

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Haines Brown
> Haines Brown wrote: > > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX > > files. No information is sent to the printer. > > > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in > > the LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTeX > > installation under Re

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > information is sent to the printer. > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTe

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Alf Werder
On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 17:37, Haines Brown wrote: > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > information is sent to the printer. > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTeX installatio

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Joost Witteveen
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Haines Brown wrote: > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > information is sent to the printer. > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTeX installa

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 06.02.2004 schrieb Haines Brown um 17:37: > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > information is sent to the printer. > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTeX install

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Sam Halliday
Haines Brown wrote: > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > information is sent to the printer. > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTeX installation under > RedHat. Under Debia