Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Monday 29 Sep 2003 2:33 am, Merlin Zener wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 20:19, Anne Wilson wrote: [...snip] Install Acrobat. It's on the disks, and it gives you very good control of printing, including scaled printing. what do I do when rpmdrake doesn't find it? I searched in files, names, and descriptions, with all packages selected, search results (none). It's on the International disk. I have the PowerPack, so sometimes I accidentally mislead people like this :-) But I would think it would be downloadable. Have you got all your sources configured? Hint - google 'easy urpmi' There's also a tarball on Adobe's Acrobat Reader site. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Monday 29 Sep 2003 2:33 am, Merlin Zener wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 20:19, Anne Wilson wrote: [...snip] Install Acrobat. It's on the disks, and it gives you very good control of printing, including scaled printing. what do I do when rpmdrake doesn't find it? I searched in files, names, and descriptions, with all packages selected, search results (none). TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Acrobat is available on Texstar's urpmi repository, or on Mandrake Clubs urpmi repository. The usual URL for adding urpmi sources http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php BTW: What is wrong with printing pdf files from Ghostview (gv) Works for me derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 8:30 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: Have you tried pdf2ps ? Anne Well, I've got a /usr/bin/pdf2ps , but it's not a graphical app, least I don't think so, Guess someone will have to coach me on how to use it on the CL ? John IIRC, it's simply a matter of change to the correct directory, then pdf2ps filname Anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/Desktop [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# ls 221915gw.pdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# pdf2ps 221915gw.pdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# ls 221915gw.pdf 221915gw.ps So that worked, OK, Now what is the best way to send that to the printer ? A right mouse click on 221915gw.ps down to ! produced this warning. --- The desktop entry file /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/convertpstopdf.desktop has an invalid menu entry convertpstopdf. -- Click OK, message goes, I continue down to , KGhostview, which displays it , but when I select print , same old refusal. The above suggests the conversion failed, but ? Maybe not, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# lp 221915gw.ps request id is Z53c-97 (1 file(s)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# Something is coming off the printer, see image file attatched. Yes, it prints fairish quality, even though Z53c is my best driver. I have 4 to choose from. I guess something is lost maybe in all this conversion. I think my next best course of action is to get the Acrobat tar ball installed. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] inline: snapshot122.pngWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Monday 29 Sep 2003 10:44 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /root/Desktop [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# ls 221915gw.pdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# pdf2ps 221915gw.pdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# ls 221915gw.pdf 221915gw.ps So that worked, OK, Now what is the best way to send that to the printer ? A right mouse click on 221915gw.ps down to ! produced this warning. --- The desktop entry file /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/convertpstopdf.desktop has an invalid menu entry convertpstopdf. --- --- Click OK, message goes, I continue down to , KGhostview, which displays it , but when I select print , same old refusal. The above suggests the conversion failed, but ? Maybe not, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# lp 221915gw.ps request id is Z53c-97 (1 file(s)) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desktop]# Something is coming off the printer, see image file attatched. Yes, it prints fairish quality, even though Z53c is my best driver. I have 4 to choose from. I guess something is lost maybe in all this conversion. I think my next best course of action is to get the Acrobat tar ball installed. John John, it doesn't look a big file, but too big to post to the list. Unless the contents are private, I suggest that you send me boththe pdf and the ps file, and I'll see what I can get out of them. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 29 Sep 2003 2:33 am, Merlin Zener wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 20:19, Anne Wilson wrote: [...snip] Install Acrobat. It's on the disks, and it gives you very good control of printing, including scaled printing. what do I do when rpmdrake doesn't find it? I searched in files, names, and descriptions, with all packages selected, search results (none). TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Acrobat is available on Texstar's urpmi repository, or on Mandrake Clubs urpmi repository. The usual URL for adding urpmi sources http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php BTW: What is wrong with printing pdf files from Ghostview (gv) Works for me derek Thanks Derek , I will tke a look at Texstar, The problem is that KGhostview refuses, Oh, but you mean call gv and use that, OK, lets try that, yes, that is printing off this .pdf file, I wonder what the quality is like, lets see, well it's fair quality, but I don't know which of my 4 drivers it used, didn't tell me. Still it works. Maybe my black cartridge needs a cleanout. This is a text document and the print quality is not as sharp as it ought to be, and that which I know it is capable of. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 3:11 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files I click in the file Icon, and , KGhostView displays the file just fine to read, but when I come to print it off, Printing document , filtering print data, Warning: file format is not directly supported. Do you want KDE to covert this file then, No appropriate filter found for this file format. then, Do you want to print the file using original format ? I tell it to Print, then, error, no valid file was found for printing. So how do I print .pdf files in Mandrake 9.1 John Install Acrobat. It's on the disks, and it gives you very good control of printing, including scaled printing. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:11:53 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files snippage So how do I print .pdf files in Mandrake 9.1 Try using xpdf. It will convert the .pdf to a.ps file and then print from gs. I'm sure there are many other ways that might work with even fewer steps, but I like my results with this method. Mike -- The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life --Muhammad Ali Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 3:11 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files I click in the file Icon, and , KGhostView displays the file just fine to read, but when I come to print it off, Printing document , filtering print data, Warning: file format is not directly supported. Do you want KDE to covert this file then, No appropriate filter found for this file format. then, Do you want to print the file using original format ? I tell it to Print, then, error, no valid file was found for printing. So how do I print .pdf files in Mandrake 9.1 John Install Acrobat. It's on the disks, and it gives you very good control of printing, including scaled printing. Anne Nothing by the name *acrobat* or *Acrobat* on any of the M9.1, 3 download CD's Suppose I will have to go out on the net, anyone know where I can download a straight rpm for mandrake ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
Michael Scottaline wrote: On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:11:53 + John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files snippage So how do I print .pdf files in Mandrake 9.1 Try using xpdf. It will convert the .pdf to a.ps file and then print from gs. I'm sure there are many other ways that might work with even fewer steps, but I like my results with this method. Mike http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=xpdfsubmit=Search+... has two types of xpdf, xpdf from RawHide sources xpdf from PLD Linux Distribution Mandrake is quite far down the list , suggesting not very current, but does that matter. Also out of interest what are RawHide and PLD Linux ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 4:07 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 3:11 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files I click in the file Icon, and , KGhostView displays the file just fine to read, but when I come to print it off, Printing document , filtering print data, Warning: file format is not directly supported. Do you want KDE to covert this file then, No appropriate filter found for this file format. then, Do you want to print the file using original format ? I tell it to Print, then, error, no valid file was found for printing. So how do I print .pdf files in Mandrake 9.1 John Install Acrobat. It's on the disks, and it gives you very good control of printing, including scaled printing. Anne Nothing by the name *acrobat* or *Acrobat* on any of the M9.1, 3 download CD's Suppose I will have to go out on the net, anyone know where I can download a straight rpm for mandrake ? John I have the PowerPack, so it might be on ConTrib or Commercial. I'll bet you can get it from Adobe's Acrobat site, though. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 6:25 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: The printoff was fair quality,not best, even though I chose my best driver, still it works. I am guessing that xpdf then is a pdf to postscript conversion programme, as well as a pdf viewer, and that the converted file format is then sent to the printer and ghostscript converts it to PCL3 for my dos printer. Is that correct ? Have you tried pdf2ps ? Anne Well, I've got a /usr/bin/pdf2ps , but it's not a graphical app, least I don't think so, Guess someone will have to coach me on how to use it on the CL ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 8:30 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 28 Sep 2003 6:25 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: The printoff was fair quality,not best, even though I chose my best driver, still it works. I am guessing that xpdf then is a pdf to postscript conversion programme, as well as a pdf viewer, and that the converted file format is then sent to the printer and ghostscript converts it to PCL3 for my dos printer. Is that correct ? Have you tried pdf2ps ? Anne Well, I've got a /usr/bin/pdf2ps , but it's not a graphical app, least I don't think so, Guess someone will have to coach me on how to use it on the CL ? John IIRC, it's simply a matter of change to the correct directory, then pdf2ps filname Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How do I get M9.1 to print .PDF files
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 20:19, Anne Wilson wrote: [...snip] Install Acrobat. It's on the disks, and it gives you very good control of printing, including scaled printing. what do I do when rpmdrake doesn't find it? I searched in files, names, and descriptions, with all packages selected, search results (none). TIA, -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. registered Linux user number 328618 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
