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[Hermang Mansilla <herman_blues AT yahoo.com>]

Hi, 
Sorry for answering late, but my mailbox is full of
messages (damn spammers !!!)

I have a suggestion: if your problem is that you 
want to print a formatted web page, then it could be
possible to "pass" the html file previously through
a filter that convert them to simple text and print it
normally?
I remember that the Lynx (or links ? ) program has
an option that is used from midnight commander to
view html pages inside midnight commander
I am not running BasLinux right now, so I can not
verify it, but I remember it was something like this:

links -dump -force-html  WebPageforPrinting.html >
p.txt

Then you could print p.txt as a normal text file

Hope this helps!
Bye,
-HHMM






--- sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> 
> > sindi keesan wrote:
> >>
> >>> Both AbiWord and Opera work fine as root.
> >>
> >> They don't print web pages or formatted text as
> root.
> 
> > That's a lpd problem, not a AbiWord/Opera problem.
> > I don't recommend running lpd on BL3 (although, of
> > course, you are very welcome to try).  I run lpd
> on
> > BL2, which is a better all-purpose platform.
> 
> I do too, but am trying to keep this small and
> simple.
> lpd does not work as root in BL2 - would it maybe
> work in BL3?
> 
> > Remember BL3 was a downgrade from BL2.  BL3
> required
> > at least a 486DX with 8mb RAM.  BL3 runs on a 386
> or
> > 486SX with 3mb RAM.  For Pentium desktops, BL2 is
> the
> > better option.
> 
> I don't see that it would be any easier to set up
> than BL3 with upgraded 
> glibc, unless someone really wanted xpdf.  (I can
> try to write a script 
> to convert pdf to pbm and view one page at a time
> with zgv).  Our friends 
> are not going to be adding programs.
> 
> >> This is what people want to do on the computers
> we give
> >> them, therefore we are forced to put on Windows
> just to
> >> print with.
> >
> > No, you aren't forced to install Windows.  You've
> got
> > plenty of other options (DSL, VectorLinux, etc.).
> 
> I don't want to learn another linux just to put on
> other people's 
> computers.  I am trying to share what I already
> know.  BL supports our 
> hardware.  (Ubuntu on live CD could not even find
> our ISA modem or sound 
> card).
> 
> >> We are setting up early Pentiums for people who
> cannot
> >> afford new computers.
> >
> > Then you probably need something that is
> idiot-proof.
> > Obviously BL3 is not a good platform for that.
> 
> It has worked so far, just not for printing
> formatted text.
> Even worked with a lucent modem for one friend whose
> Win98 would no longer 
> work with that modem.  Easier than trying to fix
> Windows.
> 
> It boots much faster than any other linux I have
> looked at and people 
> really like it for internet use.
> 
> >> newbies might give up after installing passwd.tgz
> >
> > passwd.tgz is not for newbies.  I am definitely
> not
> > recommending it for newbies.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
> >
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