Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:53:50 -0800 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: weif@weif.net Cc: hartzell@alerce.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a PDF printer Message-ID: <18783.53342.406664.32184@almost.alerce.com> In-Reply-To: <200901032022.n03KMKbm017609@maxine.cjones.org> References: <200901031941.n03Jf8EJ020954@maxine.cjones.org> <18783.50589.313277.343221@almost.alerce.com> <200901032022.n03KMKbm017609@maxine.cjones.org>
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Keith Seyffarth writes: > > If you're using the cups printing subsystem you can use the cups-pdf > > port/package. > > > > You end up with the pdf's deposited in /var/spool/cups-pdf/USERNAME. > > I don't have any printing installed currently. I may be getting a > printer for this machine at some point in the future (at which point > I'll have to figure out how to get printing to a printer working). > > When I run > # which cups > > the response is: > cups: Command not found. > > would > # portinstall cups > install this printing option? or would I have to install something > else? You'll need the cups and cup-pdf ports/packages, then add cupsd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and then /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart and then point a browser at http://localhost:631 and go through the "add a printer" steps (when it asks device choose the pdf entry and when it asks for a make I choose 'raw'. Seems to work. I *think* that the username you give to the web interface whilst adding the printer has to be in the 'wheel' group. g.
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