Re: Setting up a PDF printer
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Keith Seyffarth wrote: What do I need to install to make printing a pdf from the print command in an appliction as an option. It looks like panda may do this, but I'm unsure. My immediate goal is to be able to print invoices to .pdf from gnucash. If the program lets you specify what command is run to print, it may be easier to avoid the printing subsystem. I.e., call a small wrapper that generates a filename and copies the text to ps2pdf. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Setting up a PDF printer
Keith Seyffarth wrote: If you're using the cups printing subsystem you can use the cups-pdf port/package. You end up with the pdf's deposited in /var/spool/cups-pdf/USERNAME. I don't have any printing installed currently. I may be getting a printer for this machine at some point in the future (at which point I'll have to figure out how to get printing to a printer working). When I run # which cups the response is: cups: Command not found. would # portinstall cups install this printing option? or would I have to install something else? CUPS doesn't actually install a binary called 'cups'. It installs a bunch of replacements for the standard printer commands lp, lpr, lpq, lprm etc. and a number of daemons including cupsd. If you want to check whether you have installed cups already, then use: pkg_info -Ix cups The 'cups-base' package provides the important functionality, but you should install it as a dependency of the cups meta-port as this will also include a number of other packages you will need: portinstall print/cups To get the print to PDF functionality, then install cups-pdf: portinstall print/cups-pdf You'll then have to follow the instructions to enable cups and generate print queues and so forth. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Setting up a PDF printer
Keith Seyffarth writes: > > If you're using the cups printing subsystem you can use the cups-pdf > > port/package. > > > > You end up with the pdf's deposited in /var/spool/cups-pdf/USERNAME. > > I don't have any printing installed currently. I may be getting a > printer for this machine at some point in the future (at which point > I'll have to figure out how to get printing to a printer working). > > When I run > # which cups > > the response is: > cups: Command not found. > > would > # portinstall cups > install this printing option? or would I have to install something > else? You'll need the cups and cup-pdf ports/packages, then add cupsd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and then /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart and then point a browser at http://localhost:631 and go through the "add a printer" steps (when it asks device choose the pdf entry and when it asks for a make I choose 'raw'. Seems to work. I *think* that the username you give to the web interface whilst adding the printer has to be in the 'wheel' group. g. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Setting up a PDF printer
Keith Seyffarth writes: > > What do I need to install to make printing a pdf from the print > command in an appliction as an option. > > It looks like panda may do this, but I'm unsure. > > My immediate goal is to be able to print invoices to .pdf from > gnucash. If you're using the cups printing subsystem you can use the cups-pdf port/package. You end up with the pdf's deposited in /var/spool/cups-pdf/USERNAME. g. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Setting up a PDF printer
> If you're using the cups printing subsystem you can use the cups-pdf > port/package. > > You end up with the pdf's deposited in /var/spool/cups-pdf/USERNAME. I don't have any printing installed currently. I may be getting a printer for this machine at some point in the future (at which point I'll have to figure out how to get printing to a printer working). When I run # which cups the response is: cups: Command not found. would # portinstall cups install this printing option? or would I have to install something else? Keith ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Setting up a PDF printer
What do I need to install to make printing a pdf from the print command in an appliction as an option. It looks like panda may do this, but I'm unsure. My immediate goal is to be able to print invoices to .pdf from gnucash. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
