> Magnus Therning schrieb: >> On Ubuntu the GNOME apps know about the CUPS printers I've configured. >> That knowledge is missing in Arch. It's not a biggie since I use only >> one printer most of the time and `lpr` prints to it. However, when >> that printer runs out of ink it'd be nice to be able to use another >> printer without having to change the CUPS default. >> >> `a2ps` produces ugly prints. Ugly, ugly ugly! `lpr` prints nicely, but >> I like to save the forests and print two pages on one (-2) and the >> font is hardly legible. How can I improve it? > > I don't know about gnome, sorry. > > When I print from applications that don't support cups (like acroread), > I always specify the right lpr options myself: > > lpr -P <name> for printing to a specific printer > lpr -o number-up=N to print N pages on 1 (only 1,2,4 and 16 work afaik) > > That's not the most elegant solution, but works. > > HTH (at least a little bit) > Thomas >
Um,.....as far as I know, cups can/does supply the older lp stuff as part of the package. Very best regards; Bob Finch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
