I'm not sure what the current state of the art on USB printers and the command-line/Xwindows on OSX is. Maybe someone who actually has a local printer hooked up will have more info.
A workaround would be to print to a postscript file and use Ghostscript to generate a PDF file. Then you can print it from Preview. On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 21:07, Garry Ballenger wrote: > > > I have a nice 5.0a Fink installation which runs Evolution on a Powerbook > 667 with 1 GB ram. I cannot get it to print. Gnome, as well as Gnome > print is installed. 5.0a I can find in the Gnome setup applications > nothing that mentions printers. When I try to print out of EvolutionIt > says my printer is Generic Postscript on lpr. I have a HP Deskjet 1220c > attached to a print server that my Powerbook attaches to via Appletalk. > I also have an Epson 2000P that is on a hub attached to a USB port on > the Powerbook. > > Having brushec by Linux in the past I remember there are .conf files to > ecit as well as other things needed to get this installation to see the > printers available on the Powerbook that underlies the whold program. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > GArry BAllenger > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility > Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel > http://hpc.devchannel.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners