[Kde-nonlinux] FreeBSD lpd printing in KDE

[Andrew Y Ng]

Hi Gary,

I use CUPS from ports and I can print from KDE just fine. I think in the
printer cfg in control center, u can select CUPS and it'll know how to query
printers and print. I like CUPS a lot as it make it very easy to print over
the network with computers also running CUPS when browsing/printer-sharing is
enabled.

/ayn

On  0, Gary Schenk <gwschenk at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> This FreeBSD newbie has even learned  how to print! I'm using lpd to print and  
> it works fine from the console. I'm using an old Epson with the hpif filter 
> from the FreeBSD handbook, using uniprint as the device.
> 
> However, it does not work in KDE. I've read the KDE printing handbook, but 
> have not found much there.
> 
> It seems to be an input filter problem. My /etc/printcap file calls on hpif, 
> which does print UNIX  files to the Epson just fine, yet the results I get in 
> KDE seem to indicate that the input filter is not working. Does KDE use 
> /etc/printcap?  Have I missed something in setting up printing for KDE? 
> Basically all I've done is click "print" in the application, choose lpd, and 
> ok.
> 
> Here is my input filter file:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # Treat LF as CR+LF
> 
> printf "\033&k2g" || exit 2
> 
> # Now read first two characters of the file to determine if PostScript or not
> # and apply the appropiate massaging
> 
> IFS="" read -r first_line
> first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
> 
> if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
> 
> 	exec 3>&1 1>&2
> 	/usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=uniprint \
> 		-sOutputFile=/dev/fd/3 - && exit 0
> 
> #
> 	/usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=uniprint \ 
> 		-sOutputFile=- - && exit 0
> 
> 	else
> 		echo "$first_line" && cat && printf "\033&10H" &&
> 	exit 0
> 	fi 
> 
> 	exit 2
> 
> Thanks.
> Gary Schenk
> 
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andrew y ng  <ayn at andrewng.com>  http://andrewng.com
independent computer consultants http://aynassociates.com

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