xfig not printing-lpr: stdin empty-CUPS? What to look for?

2004-03-05 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi folks. I've just encountered a problem with xfig not printing- lpr is complaining about empty input. I have CUPS installed--it seems to work with other apps OK (LyX, firebird, gnumeric, text files). Somewhere in the CUPS work I vaguely recall a sentence about having to tell certain apps

solved... Re: xfig not printing-lpr: stdin empty-CUPS? What to look for?

2004-03-05 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Doh. Went to the xfig documentation to see if there was a way to manipulate the printer settings, and found that the fig2ps/transfig packages have somehow slipped out of the dependencies for xfig. With those installed, things seem fine now. Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the

Re: problems with remote printing lpr

2000-01-29 Thread Alberto Maurizi
I'm not a guru, and printing always causes some problems to me. However I use lpr (the good old lpr) and printtool and all seems to work. I found printtool very useful for configuring remote (and local) printing and avoiding headaches. Enjoy!

problems with remote printing lpr

2000-01-28 Thread Joe Block
I'm running slink on a x86 box with all the security y2k updates applied. I've got lprng (version 3.5.2-2), magicfilter (version 1.2-28), a2ps (version 4.10.4-4) and aladdin-gs (version 5.50-3) installed. The first problem I'm having is that when I print (lpr file), I'm not getting a prompt

RE: problems with remote printing lpr

2000-01-28 Thread Lewis, James M.
I'm running slink on a x86 box with all the security y2k updates applied. I've got lprng (version 3.5.2-2), magicfilter (version 1.2-28), a2ps (version 4.10.4-4) and aladdin-gs (version 5.50-3) installed. The first problem I'm having is that when I print (lpr file), I'm not getting a

printing/lpr

1999-01-27 Thread Gossamer
Is there a way to set up the print stuff so that when I go lpr some_text_file it adds margins and stuff? It's ugly as is. bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : And I don't like doing silly

Re: printing/lpr

1999-01-27 Thread Oliver Elphick
Gossamer wrote: Is there a way to set up the print stuff so that when I go lpr some_text_file it adds margins and stuff? It's ugly as is. Use `lpr -p' or install enscript. -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight

Re: printing/lpr

1999-01-27 Thread servis
*- Gossamer wrote about printing/lpr Is there a way to set up the print stuff so that when I go lpr some_text_file it adds margins and stuff? It's ugly as is. Set up magicfilter and modify the filter that it sets up so that it sends text through enscript or genscript. Something

Re: printing/lpr

1999-01-27 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 03:05 (+), Gossamer wrote: Is there a way to set up the print stuff so that when I go lpr some_text_file it adds margins and stuff? It's ugly as is. man pr -- your man pann