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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> 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.

I did chmod +x deskjet.filter, which I think makes it executable by 
anyone.

> 
> > 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.  

So I could define several filter files and choose the one that I wanted 
for that one printer?  Could you please explain again how to use the 
commandline part of this, thanks.  On the example of gs and 
deskjet.filter.

Also can I print pdf files directly or must I convert first.
I don't have any ps printers.  What do they look like?

I will try to hook up the linux computer again tomorrow and try this out 
as a user instead of root, from the command line.


Sindi Keesan