Re: [newbie] PDF files
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 09:23:01 -0700 Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] insightfully noted: Hi All, My default pdf viewer is Xpdf but I cannot get it to print anything (I click print and it goes off into lala land). = No it doesn't. It creates a .ps file, most likely in /tmp. Watch what it says it's doing. You can open the .ps file in gv and print it from there quite easily. 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] PDF files
My default pdf viewer is Xpdf but I cannot get it to print anything (I click print and it goes off into lala land). Try to print using command lp. Click print, in the print window there are two printing options, select printing using a command and type: lp, in the edit box. If you have a default printer, this should print right away. Hope this helps, Rosario Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PDF files
On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 3:05 pm, charo wrote: My default pdf viewer is Xpdf but I cannot get it to print anything (I click print and it goes off into lala land). Try to print using command lp. Click print, in the print window there are two printing options, select printing using a command and type: lp, in the edit box. If you have a default printer, this should print right away. Hope this helps, Rosario You could also try Ctrl-P 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] PDF files
Hi Russ, I would like to answer about mozilla and PDF viewer. In mozilla, there is no way to change that, but if you download netscape, you can do that. Under netscape, you can go "Edit" --"Preferences" -- "Navigator" -- "Helper Applications". You probably know that netscape use mozilla for its backend. Russ wrote: Hi All, My default pdf viewer is Xpdf but I cannot get it to print anything (I click print and it goes off into lala land). I can find no configuration tools within Xpdf. However KGhostView works great. How can I make this my default pdf viewer? I guess I am talking about making it default in Mozilla. Konquerer used KGostView but Konq had problems with the page that contained the pdf link and I had to jump though several hoops to get it to load it. Mozilla seems to do allot better than Konq. I can find no place in Mozilla to change the PDF viewer. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com * # NOTICE # Email sent by MERATUS user is strictly confidential. If it is not intended to you, please delete it immediately. This communication is not guaranteed free of viruses, sabotage or interception and any parties involve in the communication shall accept the risk of doing so. As such, MERATUS and its group are not eligible for such liability. Under no circumstances shall this email binding into agreement of carriage services by MERATUS. Terms and conditions of MERATUS are also available at http://www.meratusline.com. *
Re: [newbie] PDF Files
Hi, One way is to print into a postscript file and the convert in pdf thanks to the pdf2ps command. Fred Lee wrote: I have been using WordPerfect to compose business letters, and exported to pdf when I didn't know whether or not the recipient had WordPerfect. Is there a LInux wordprocesser that will export in .pdf? Corel WP does not so I am back in the Windows box for yet another reason. Right now this issue, DesignCad, and PCB Designer are all that are holding me to Windows. I know.I have Linux programs that cover the CAD stuff, but the learning curve is digging in to my basic lazy character. Anyway, I'm not a nut to get off Windows. I found that if I keep two Windows boxes and the Linux box in network, mirror important Windows stuff in the two boxes and archive in the Linux box where everything is snug and secure, BSOD can't get me! I have the best of both worlds. A little expensive, but us lazy guys have to go the distance. When I get free, what do I do with the other two boxes? Lee Registered Linux abuser #223705 The best indication that there is intelligent life elsewhere is that they haven't contacted us. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PDF Files
On Monday 06 May 2002 02:43, Lee opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I have been using WordPerfect to compose business letters, and exported to pdf when I didn't know whether or not the recipient had WordPerfect. Is there a LInux wordprocesser that will export in .pdf? Corel WP does not so I am back in the Windows box for yet another reason. actually, at least in KDE, almost all applications can create pdf. choose print, but select the printer that says print to file (pdf) -- Microsoft, Windows, Windows 98, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking, The Y2K Problem and The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PDF Files
Shane, You've done it again. The font appears different than the kword doc, but fonts seem be a perennial issue hereabouts. Guess I pick one that looks good in the final pdf doc and go. Thanks Lee On Monday 06 May 2002 09:28 am, shane wrote: On Monday 06 May 2002 02:43, Lee opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: I have been using WordPerfect to compose business letters, and exported to pdf when I didn't know whether or not the recipient had WordPerfect. Is there a LInux wordprocesser that will export in .pdf? Corel WP does not so I am back in the Windows box for yet another reason. actually, at least in KDE, almost all applications can create pdf. choose print, but select the printer that says print to file (pdf) -- Registered Linux abuser #223705 The best indication that there is intelligent life elsewhere is that they haven't contacted us. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PDF Files
On Monday 06 May 2002 09:32, Lee opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: Shane, You've done it again. The font appears different than the kword doc, but fonts seem be a perennial issue hereabouts. Guess I pick one that looks good in the final pdf doc and go. don't thank me, thank whomever told the guy who told told me! :-) fonts are indeed the trouble. used to be fonts, office, and games. games are about done, in some ways better. office is closing fast. now about those fonts... -- Microsoft: The company that made web browsing dangerous. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] PDF files
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:16:30 +0800, chris swain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ive come across a problem with kghostview PDF viewer. I can view the pdf from a website but after I save it to my hard drive I cannot open it again. It gives me the error kghostview can only open pdf ps or eps files. And then wont open the file even though it is a pdf GhostScript-based viewers, like kghostview and ggv, have trouble reading particular types of PDF files. Also, these viewers cannot view files that have spaces in their path or filename. Try using xpdf (included in Mandrake), or the Adobe Acrobat Reader (download it from adobe.com). -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
