On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:25:12 +0100 Jeremy Henty <[email protected]> wrote:
> > CUPS refuses to work on my latest LFS system - any attempt to print > > produces 'lp: Unsupported document-format "text/plain".' . > > Fixed! I had to configure ghostscript-9.05 with --with-install-cups . > This installs the gstoraster filter program and the gstoraster.convs > configuration file that tells CUPS how to convert PostScript to raster > (I should have said that I don't have a PostScript printer.) > Ghostscript-8x didn't need this parameter. > > Perhaps this is worth mentioning on the BLFS Ghostscript page? Cups is an optional dependency of Ghostscript so I can't make this part of the default Ghostscript install instructions. What I can do is add a paragraph to the command explanations section mentioning this option. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
