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Re: printing in kde4



Am Dienstag, 5. Mai 2009 schrieb Valerio Passini:
> Alle Tuesday 05 May 2009, Dietz Pröpper ha scritto:
> > Valerio Passini:
> > > Alle Monday 04 May 2009, Dietz Pröpper ha scritto:
> > > > Frank Störzer:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Am Monday 04 May 2009 19:42:38 schrieb Dietz Pröpper:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > stupid question - where is the configuration of the kde4 print
> > > > > > dialog stored? Stuff like which printing system to use, special
> > > > > > printers (fas, PDF) and so on?
> > > > >
> > > > > I think it is in the package system-config-printer-kde.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, that package only contains some semi-working python
> > > > config ui for the cups server :-\.
> > >
> > > Once you have added and configured a printer, no matter which tool you
> > > use to do it, you have that printer in every application.
> >
> > *Sigh*. Thanks alot, I already knew.
> >
> > But my question was, where can I configure the *KDE* printing system.
> > More specifically, how can I add/modify "special" printers like "print to
> > file(PDF)" and so on.
>
> You should add a pdf printer to CUPS. First install cups-pdf, then select
> the right printer in the configuration dialog. I think you can use
> system-config-printer-kde (warning! sometimes it freezes and do sudo to
> call the program) -> click New Printer in the left panel. Then click New
> Printer in the right panel and follow the instructions. For pdf printer is
> obvious, but when it comes to driver select generic. Hope this is enough
>
> V


If I understand him correctly he wants to add stuff on the KDE level, without the need of CUPS. Dunno where to look, do a 'grep -r "print to file(PDF)" /' :)


Why would you want that though? CUPS is a perfect level of abstraction where you would want to do things.

Christoph



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