Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Marco Möller 
Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog? I
have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

THX!!!

-marco

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:

 Hi,
 
 does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.

 I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
 first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
 duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it. 
Or is it this what you refer to with the term export?

Stephan

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Richard Heck 

On 03/08/2011 04:53 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:

Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:


Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.


Actually, there's a plan to remove it altogether, because


I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it.


this is what everyone does.

Richard

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Abdelrazak Younes 

On 03/08/2011 02:50 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

On 03/08/2011 04:53 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:

Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:


Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.


Actually, there's a plan to remove it altogether, because


I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it.


this is what everyone does.


You know what wouuld be very nice? A comand line option to okular so 
that it show its printer dialog on a given file...


In the good old time we had a cups-gui or something but it doesn't exist 
anymore it seems. There is 'cupsdoprint' though...


Abdel.


CUPSDOPRINT(1)printing tool 
   CUPSDOPRINT(1)


NAME
   cupsdoprint - KDE command line tool to print files via CUPS

SYNOPSIS
   cupsdoprint [-H host[:port]] [-P dest] [-J name] [-o 
opt=value[,...]]

   [-U login[:password]] files...

DESCRIPTION
   cupsdoprint is a command line tool to print files using the CUPS 
printing system.


   cupsdoprint does not support printing from stdin.

   You can use lpoptions -l -p Printername to discover the options 
a certain printer supports.


OPTIONS
   -? show help options

   -H host:port
  cups host to print to

   -J name
  print job name
  default: KDE Print System

   -o opt=value
  options to use

   -P dest
  printer to use

   -U login:password
  login and password to use

EXAMPLE
   cupsdoprint -P HPLaserJet4L -H localhost:631 -U john
   -o Copies=10,PageSize=A4 /tmp/file.ps

   Prints 10 copies in format A4 of the file /tmp/file.ps as user 
john via localhost:631 on the printer HPLaserJet4L.


SEE ALSO
   www.linuxprinting.org Information about printing under UNIX

   lp(1), lpr(1), lpoptions(1)

AUTHORS
   Michael Goffioul kdepr...@swing.be

   Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the 
author directly.


   This  manual  page was written by Holger Hartmann 
holger_hartm...@gmx.de for the Debian Project (but may be used
   by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or 
modify this document under the terms of the GNU  Gen‐
   eral Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by 
the Free Software Foundation.


   On  Debian  systems,  the  complete  text  of  the  GNU  General 
 Public  License  can be found in /usr/share/com‐

   mon-licenses/GPL.

K Desktop EnvironmentJun 2006 
   CUPSDOPRINT(1)

Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Marco Möller 
Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog? I
have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

THX!!!

-marco

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:

 Hi,
 
 does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.

 I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
 first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
 duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it. 
Or is it this what you refer to with the term export?

Stephan

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Richard Heck 

On 03/08/2011 04:53 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:

Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:


Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.


Actually, there's a plan to remove it altogether, because


I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it.


this is what everyone does.

Richard

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Abdelrazak Younes 

On 03/08/2011 02:50 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

On 03/08/2011 04:53 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:

Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:


Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.


Actually, there's a plan to remove it altogether, because


I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it.


this is what everyone does.


You know what wouuld be very nice? A comand line option to okular so 
that it show its printer dialog on a given file...


In the good old time we had a cups-gui or something but it doesn't exist 
anymore it seems. There is 'cupsdoprint' though...


Abdel.


CUPSDOPRINT(1)printing tool 
   CUPSDOPRINT(1)


NAME
   cupsdoprint - KDE command line tool to print files via CUPS

SYNOPSIS
   cupsdoprint [-H host[:port]] [-P dest] [-J name] [-o 
opt=value[,...]]

   [-U login[:password]] files...

DESCRIPTION
   cupsdoprint is a command line tool to print files using the CUPS 
printing system.


   cupsdoprint does not support printing from stdin.

   You can use lpoptions -l -p Printername to discover the options 
a certain printer supports.


OPTIONS
   -? show help options

   -H host:port
  cups host to print to

   -J name
  print job name
  default: KDE Print System

   -o opt=value
  options to use

   -P dest
  printer to use

   -U login:password
  login and password to use

EXAMPLE
   cupsdoprint -P HPLaserJet4L -H localhost:631 -U john
   -o Copies=10,PageSize=A4 /tmp/file.ps

   Prints 10 copies in format A4 of the file /tmp/file.ps as user 
john via localhost:631 on the printer HPLaserJet4L.


SEE ALSO
   www.linuxprinting.org Information about printing under UNIX

   lp(1), lpr(1), lpoptions(1)

AUTHORS
   Michael Goffioul kdepr...@swing.be

   Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the 
author directly.


   This  manual  page was written by Holger Hartmann 
holger_hartm...@gmx.de for the Debian Project (but may be used
   by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or 
modify this document under the terms of the GNU  Gen‐
   eral Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by 
the Free Software Foundation.


   On  Debian  systems,  the  complete  text  of  the  GNU  General 
 Public  License  can be found in /usr/share/com‐

   mon-licenses/GPL.

K Desktop EnvironmentJun 2006 
   CUPSDOPRINT(1)

Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Marco Möller 
Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog? I
have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

THX!!!

-marco

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Stephan Witt 
Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:

> Hi,
> 
> does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.

> I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
> first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
> duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it. 
Or is it this what you refer to with the term "export"?

Stephan

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Richard Heck 

On 03/08/2011 04:53 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:

Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:


Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.


Actually, there's a plan to remove it altogether, because


I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it.


this is what everyone does.

Richard

Re: Printer Dialog Linux

2011-03-08 Thread Abdelrazak Younes 

On 03/08/2011 02:50 PM, Richard Heck wrote:

On 03/08/2011 04:53 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:

Am 08.03.2011 um 10:38 schrieb Marco Möller:


Hi,

does someone know, if there are plans to improve the printer dialog?

I don't know of any plan.


Actually, there's a plan to remove it altogether, because


I have multiple printers and currently I mostly have to export the pdf
first and print from acroread/ocular to enable/disable
duplex/multiside printing /...

You can use view-pdf and print from it.


this is what everyone does.


You know what wouuld be very nice? A comand line option to okular so 
that it show its printer dialog on a given file...


In the good old time we had a cups-gui or something but it doesn't exist 
anymore it seems. There is 'cupsdoprint' though...


Abdel.


CUPSDOPRINT(1)printing tool 
   CUPSDOPRINT(1)


NAME
   cupsdoprint - KDE command line tool to print files via CUPS

SYNOPSIS
   cupsdoprint [-H host[:port]] [-P dest] [-J name] [-o 
opt=value[,...]]

   [-U login[:password]] files...

DESCRIPTION
   cupsdoprint is a command line tool to print files using the CUPS 
printing system.


   cupsdoprint does not support printing from stdin.

   You can use lpoptions -l -p Printername to discover the options 
a certain printer supports.


OPTIONS
   -? show help options

   -H host:port
  cups host to print to

   -J name
  print job name
  default: "KDE Print System"

   -o opt=value
  options to use

   -P dest
  printer to use

   -U login:password
  login and password to use

EXAMPLE
   cupsdoprint -P HPLaserJet4L -H localhost:631 -U john
   -o Copies=10,PageSize=A4 /tmp/file.ps

   Prints 10 copies in format A4 of the file /tmp/file.ps as user 
john via localhost:631 on the printer HPLaserJet4L.


SEE ALSO
   www.linuxprinting.org Information about printing under UNIX

   lp(1), lpr(1), lpoptions(1)

AUTHORS
   Michael Goffioul 

   Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs, do not mail the 
author directly.


   This  manual  page was written by Holger Hartmann 
 for the Debian Project (but may be used
   by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or 
modify this document under the terms of the GNU  Gen‐
   eral Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by 
the Free Software Foundation.


   On  Debian  systems,  the  complete  text  of  the  GNU  General 
 Public  License  can be found in /usr/share/com‐

   mon-licenses/GPL.

K Desktop EnvironmentJun 2006 
   CUPSDOPRINT(1)