I saw this on the Dot(dot.kde.org) the other day. http://www.newtolinux.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Using%20KPrinter%20in%20any%20ap p Any program should be able to pipe info into the kdeprinter. I don't know anything more specific because if have not messed with Lyx on linux much.
Hope it helps, Jim Ragsdale > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 8:17 PM > To: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: trying to print from lyx > > > From Jean-Marc Lasgouttes: > > >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > If you have a modern setting (like everybody probably has), you do not > > need to modify your /etc/printcaps. Actually, we should remove this > > part of the Customization manual altogether. > > > > Did you have a default printer specified before you did those > > modifications? What did not work? > > > > JMarc > > My original printcap file follows. I just tried again, using > this version to > print, and still nothing happened. I checked the end of each > line: there's > just a return, followed by a tab for the next line. > > I just tested this version of printcap with the command, "lp > testfile" and > it worked. I wonder if there is something missing from my > installation of > Lyx? I started with KDE, then added Lyx and Tetex, plus CUPS. I > can print > from KDE applications through CUPS. Does Lyx require something > in addition > to this? I am able to print a Lyx document by printing it to a > file, then > opening it under Ghostview and printing it. > > Thanks, > Peter > > lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ > :pl#66:\ > :pw#80:\ > :pc#150:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh: > > # rlp|Remote printer entry:\ > # :lp=:\ > # :rm=remotehost:\ > # :rp=remoteprinter:\ > # :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\ > # :mx#0:\ > # :sh:
