Re: Printing, CUPS, and filters
Try this discussion...
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-print&m=103490652829522&w=2
On Sunday 27 October 2002 06:13 pm, Michael Schuerig wrote:
| For KDE2 I had installed CUPS as it was well supported by the printing
| system. Now, apparently, the printing system can make use of lpd or lpd
| additionally. I'm just using my locally connected printer (Kyocera
| FS-800) and there are no others who access it. Is there any point in
| using CUPS, then? Any suggestion what to use instead?
|
| From KDevelop as well as from the print system Kicker button I've tried
| to print a C++ source file filtered through enscript. In both cases I
| get the following error message :
|
| <msg>
| "The file format is not directly supported by the current print system.
| KDE can try to convert this file automatically to a supported format.
| But you can still try to send the file to the printer without any
| conversion. Do you want KDE to try to convert this file to
| application/postscript?"
| </msg>
|
| All roads from there lead to errors...
| The enscript filter needs text as input and outputs postscript. My
| hypotheses is that the printing system is trying to feed postscript
| into enscript and fails. What's up?
|
| Michael
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