Re: printing in kde4
Valerio Passini said:
> You should add a pdf printer to CUPS. First install cups-pdf,
As I understand it, the need for cups-pdf has gone, because the ability
to generate a pdf is available via print to file, in all cases.
Please switch of html. Thanks.
> 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
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd";><html><head><meta
> name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li {
> white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu
> Sans Mon'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">Alle
> Tuesday 05 May 2009, Dietz Pröpper ha scritto:<br> > Valerio
> Passini:<br>
> > > Alle Monday 04 May 2009, Dietz Pröpper ha scritto:<br> >
> > > Frank Störzer:<br>
> > > > > Hi,<br>
> > > > ><br>
> > > > > Am Monday 04 May 2009 19:42:38 schrieb Dietz
> Pröpper:<br> > > > > > Hi,<br>
> > > > > ><br>
> > > > > > stupid question - where is the configuration of
> the kde4 print<br> > > > > > dialog stored? Stuff like
> which printing system to use, special<br> > > > > >
> printers (fas, PDF) and so on?<br> > > > ><br>
> > > > > I think it is in the package
> system-config-printer-kde.<br> > > ><br>
> > > > Unfortunately, that package only contains some
> semi-working python<br> > > > config ui for the cups server
> :-\.<br> > ><br>
> > > Once you have added and configured a printer, no matter which
> tool you<br> > > use to do it, you have that printer in every
> application.<br> > <br>
> > *Sigh*. Thanks alot, I already knew.<br> > <br>
> > But my question was, where can I configure the *KDE* printing
> system. More <br> > specifically, how can I add/modify "special"
> printers like "print to <br> > file(PDF)" and so on.<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;
> margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
> -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>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.<br> Then click New Printer in the right panel
> and follow the instructions.<br> For pdf printer is obvious, but when it
> comes to driver select generic.<br> Hope this is enough<br>
> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;
> margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;
> -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>V</p></body></html>
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Best,
Marc
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