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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

I also tried to print from root.  I don't have any user accounts.  If I 
were to set one up, would I have to modify deskjet.filter or printcap 
again?  

It is starting to seem that this is not worth the bother to print pdf
files with linux.  With ghostscript for DOS I can print them directly with
one command line, choosing my printer each time without needing to write
filters, with no need to first convert to ps from pdf.  I can also view ps
files with DOS psview much faster than with xpdf.  Maybe I will try
installing ghostview for X on linux and viewing the files onscreen instead
of printing them (which means I would then translate them using dosemu and
wp for DOS or even WORD for DOS, which again needs a user account).

If I tried to view the pdf files with DOS ghostscript, I would need a 
second computer for the translations, and with linux I can do it with one 
computer and two monitors.  I hope.  

Is there any way to print pdf files using ghostscript from the command 
line without filters or lpd?  


> 
> I get that same error myself when I run lpr from root.
> I do my printing from user ichi, so ichi owns the filter 
> script.  If I try to print a .ps from root, it fails.
> I then switch to user ichi and it works.
> 
> Whether this is some sort of security feature (because 
> lpd is a network server) or is a result of the hamfisted 
> way I configured lpd/lpr, I don't know.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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