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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> I installed xpdf and it works nicely to display, scroll, 
> change pages, and magnify to '5', 

Right-click to rotate.

> and (in theory) can be printed

xpdf doesn't print directly for me (it just outputs a ps
file).  So I open an xterm and lpr the ps file.

> So I tried to print the ps file with lpr.  lpr filename.ps

Yeah, that's the same.

> First, I ran wp to install the printer modules.

It's better to use insmod directly (or in a script) to
install those modules.
 
> kill 'pidof lp' gave me 'No such pid pidof lpd'

You made an error.  That should be:
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kill `pidof lp`
---------------

> Then I typed lpr filename.ps and nothing happened and 
> then lpq and the file was in the queue. 

That means the printer did not take the file.

> Jim then noticed that he had forgotten to plug the printer 
> cable into the computer.  

That's the cause.

> -sOutputFile=- -      I typed this exactly, 

Typing is risky (it is easy to make a mistake like you did
above).  I recommend block-copying the script from the
email message and inserting it into an xterm running pico.

> was I supposed to rename the - - to some file name?

No.

> I used pico -w to turn off linewrap so I could type it all 
> on one line.

The 'edit' alias does that automatically.

> I did chmod +x ghostscript for the file in /var/spool/lpd/

What file?  I've got no ghostscript in my /var/spool/lpd

> I notice that you told us to put deskjet.filter in 
> /var/spool/lpd/ghostscript

No I didn't.  I've looked up my original message and Here 
is what it said:
---------------------------------------------------------------
Make a /var/spool/lpd/postscript directory.  In that directory,
you put your filter script (in a file called deskjet.filter).
---------------------------------------------------------------

You need to be more careful.  Even a tiny error will stop
this working.

> Would I need to rewrite printcap whenever I changed printers, 
> or resolutions?

No.  You set up different printers in /etc/printcap and select
the one you want using the -P parameter for lpr.

> What percentage of basiclinux users actually ever succeed in 
> printing anything besides plain text?  

It works fine for me.  

Cheers,
Steven