Several things here. 1st - Thanks to everyone's help on CUPS for KDE. I've now got CUPS printing a test page perfectly on an Epson color inkjet. I've got Konq printing the KDE home page, etc. I can print from Kwrite.
Now: So, I want to view and print PDF files. Q1) What is the suggested/best way (other than asking someone, like in this list) to find, on one's own, the appropriate sw to use under the KDE system? I can think of: freshmeat.net KDE.com apps.kde.com tucows.com has linux sw kde.org - (but I can't get that site right now, so I don't know what they have to offer in the way of sw suggestions.) ===== I searched freshmeat for "pdf" and got 113 projects - overload! I then searched for "pdf viewer" and got 3 projects. Xpdf looked good. I installed it, and it views a file fine. It will also output a .ps file, from it's "print" icon (it doesn't print the file). Now, how to print it? So, I know about ghostscript (in fact, CUPS contains ghostscript, I think). But, CUPS is just for printing, not viewing, right? So, how can I view & print a PDF file? I apt-get -s install ghostscript - apt-get says it's mentioned, but not available. OK. Luck - a recent post on this list mentioning kghostview. apt-get -s install kghostview - shows a depends on gs. Ah. How was I supposed to know the package name in Debian of ghostscript is gs? So, I install kghostview, run it, select "file - Open", select the file in the directory that has been created by Xpdf, and the page shows up perfectly in the "preview" window of the file selection window. But when I click "OK" to open it a signal 11 occurs. :(. Q2) What's the best tool for viewing & printing PDF files using the KDE desktop? Q3) How does one find out a list of all the KDE related sw that is available in the Debian system but isn't installed by doing an install of KDE? (Such as kghostview.) Q3) Why, when I installed kghostview, was the package NOT added to my KDE "K/start" menu of programs? - Wouldn't that be expected? Q4) Why, when I installed Xpdf, was that not added to the "K" menu? (Under perhaps a "debian" section)? Q5) Does the "Kghostview sig 11's when trying to open a .ps file created by the 'print' of Xpdf, although the file is displayed fine (text & images) in the open dialog preview window" sound like a bug that ought to be submitted on the kghostview package? Ok, so now I run gs, and it opens the .pdf file. Ok, so now I've found and am reading the gs docs. There's a lot there. Q6) How do I print a page in the gs view window, to the CUPS default printer "p1", when I started gs from the command line with "gs docname.pdf"? Thanks! As always, your help here will help others by going into the "KDE Printing & Viewing HOwto" which I hope to create when I get all this working. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
