> From: "Elky Grrrr..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > anyone know how to set up a printer in slackware 8.1?? > where do i start?? help please...
"Setting up a printer" is more of a Windows thing and unless your distro tries hard to emulate that environment, you don't really need to do so. In Slackware, for example, afaik there's really no setting up of a printer per se. What kind of document are you trying to print and what printer are you using? If it's plain text files, it's just `cat`-ed to /dev/lpr or /dev/lp0. /dev/lpr spools (buffers) the printer output and be careful if you use it because if you interrupt the printing and reboot, it will remember and start where it left off again. /dev/lp0 is direct to printer, but it has the disadvantage of being accessible only by root unless you change its permissions. ------------------------------------------------- If someone knows how to clear lpr's spool, please teach! ------------------------------------------------- If your document has graphics and figures, you'll want your app to output either to PCL or Postscript. PCL files can be directly 'cat'-ed to the printer as well (if your printer handles it, like virtually all HP inkjets and laserjets and a lot of 3rd party ones). So can Postscript if your printer supports it. Otherwise, you'll want to open the .ps file under Ghostscript and print from there using the appropriate driver. Plain text files (with possibly embedded printer codes), PCL files and Postscript should handle basically anything you might want to print and any application worth its salt should be able to output to one of these formats. For example, a PDF reader should be able to output to Postscript. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
