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Ron Clarke wrote:
>
> I have installed Abiword.  It looks very impressive.   But, of
> course, it wouldn't print to my HP 600 Deskjet.

Is it a postscript printer?  If not, you will need to install a
filter to convert to whatever it is your printer understands.

> So, I have just downloaded lpr.tgz and apsfilt.tgz and will 
> install these shortly.  Will I need anything else ?

If your printer does postscript, then you shouldn't need
anything else.  If it doesn't do ps, you will probably need
ghostscript (or some other ps-to-whatever utility).  You'll 
find the ghostscript package in /slakware/ap1.  You might 
also need the gsfonts package (in the same directory).

Your first step is to get lpd working (be prepared to do
a bit of climbing on the learning curve).  Getting your
printer port to work, requires three insmods:
-----------------
insmod parport
insmod parport_pc
insmod lp
-----------------
Then you start the printer daemon:  lpd

But before you do any of that, you will need to install the
lpr package (don't worry about the apsfiler for the moment)
and edit your /etc/printcap

Cheers,
Steven