HELP WANTED: kdeprint with GNUlpr

Till Kamppeter till.kamppeter at gmx.net
Mon Nov 24 11:31:50 CET 2003


Goffioul Michael wrote:
> The main answer James has faced until now is "embed fonts" or
> "this is not my fault". Indeed, where's the fault?
> - KDEPrint for generating preview that may not correspond to
>   what'll be printed
> - CUPS for not setting GS_LIB variable correctly (or not trying
>   to do so)
> - KDE for letting the user install fonts in non system directories

I think, the best solution is that KDE embeds all fonts (except the 
standard PS fonts, but perhaps them even too) into the PostScript by 
default. The option to turn this off should have warning like "only turn 
this off if you really know what you are doing".

    Till



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