[Kde-nonlinux] FreeBSD lpd printing in KDE

[jimd at siu.edu]

Gary,

If you want to use lpr/lpd/printcap, make sure that the "Control
Center/Peripherals/Printers/Print system currently used" is set to "LPR/LPRng
Print System". [Spooler type: LPR (BSD compatible)]




On 10 Apr, Andrew Y Ng wrote:
> 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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