Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-21 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Zac Medico wrote: Zhang Weiwu wrote: after a few test it looks obvious OO on gentoo suffer from the samiliar problem as oo on Windows (sorry to mension Windows again). On my gentoo there is only one printer installed on cups that is a LaserJet. Later I discovered all PS files I provided

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-21 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Zhang Weiwu wrote: Zac Medico wrote: Zhang Weiwu wrote: after a few test it looks obvious OO on gentoo suffer from the samiliar problem as oo on Windows (sorry to mension Windows again). On my gentoo there is only one printer installed on cups that is a LaserJet. Later I discovered

[gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread 張韡武
Hello. So far openoffice is the only application that I know that could not directly export PS format, or print to a 'generic PS printer'. I am having a lot of troubles trying to generate PS file for my documents. Usually I have to go to a Windows computer and print to the 'Adobe PS Printer', and

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread John Myers
On Sunday 20 November 2005 19:18, 張韡武 wrote: Hello. So far openoffice is the only application that I know that could not directly export PS format, or print to a 'generic PS printer'. I am having a lot of troubles trying to generate PS file for my documents. Usually I have to go to a Windows

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread W.Kenworthy
Open the print dialog, tick the Print to file box and then print. A file save dialog pops up. It prints in ps format. OO has done it this way for years ... BillK On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 19:32 -0800, John Myers wrote: On Sunday 20 November 2005 19:18, 張韡武 wrote: Hello. So far openoffice is

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread Zhang Weiwu
W.Kenworthy wrote: Open the print dialog, tick the Print to file box and then print. A file save dialog pops up. It prints in ps format. OO has done it this way for years ... I just wish to further know if this PS file contains anything related to the printer, anything printer-specific.

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread W.Kenworthy
This is a gentoo list - nobody here really cares what OO on windows does :) However, I produce pdf's all the time using standard tools from the linux OO generated postcript files and the doze users seem happy. The postscript is pretty standard it seems, my only beef is that more control

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread Zhang Weiwu
W.Kenworthy wrote: This is a gentoo list - nobody here really cares what OO on windows does :) However, I produce pdf's all the time using standard tools from the linux OO generated postcript files and the doze users seem happy. The postscript is pretty standard it seems, my only beef is that

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread Zac Medico
Zhang Weiwu wrote: after a few test it looks obvious OO on gentoo suffer from the samiliar problem as oo on Windows (sorry to mension Windows again). On my gentoo there is only one printer installed on cups that is a LaserJet. Later I discovered all PS files I provided are grayscale, and there

Re: [gentoo-user] how to save ps file from OpenOffice writer?

2005-11-20 Thread W.Kenworthy
configure a dummy colour printer in cups. Despite what I said, I do admin some windows machines that print via an adobe driver to a gentoo print server. Different versions of doze, but the same adobe print driver (all installed from the same installation file) - and one, and only one refuses to