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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> I don't have any user accounts.  If I were to set 
> one up, would I have to modify deskjet.filter 

Perhaps the permissions for that file.

> or printcap 

No.  printcap is for lpd and lpd must be run as root.

> It is starting to seem that this is not worth the bother 
> to print pdf files with linux.  

Don't blame Linux.  I'm sure there are plenty of Linux
distributions which can print pdf files easily. 

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

You don't need lpd, but you do need the filter (unless
the printer is a ps printer).  It is the filter that puts 
the output into a format that the printer can understand.  

Cheers,
Steven