Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 08:55:24 +0930 From: Priyadarshana Chandrasena <vpc@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] printing from netscape Message-ID: <3AEF45E4.B07C4D28@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au> References: <3AE8B679.46AF1E6E@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au> <444rv6sazc.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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--------------0304C9DB5042E83DF8439852 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lowell Gilbert wrote: > vpc@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au (Priyadarshana Chandrasena) writes: > > > I have a new HP (non-postscript) printer. I > > have configured it to print ps files and text > > files. But I can not print from Netscape. > > > > How can I configure it to print from netscape?. > > If you configure the print command in Netscape to be something that > works from the command line (for PostScript files, if I recall > correctly), it should use that to send its jobs to the printer. > > If that doesn't happen, describe what you did, what the printer > command is set to, what happens when you try it (including log > messages), and what happens when you print something from the command > line using the same command. > > Good luck. Actually, my configuration works with netscape as well. But sometimes for webpages with images embedded in tables seem to not work. I was thinking if there is a printer filter other than the one in the FreeBSD handbook (I am using this: filter for postscript print for non postscript printers) to address this. Regards -- Priyadarshana Chandrasena Postgraduate Student Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Phone : (08) 8303 6391 Fax : (08) 8303 4360 Email : vpc@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au WWW : www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/vpc --------------0304C9DB5042E83DF8439852 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Lowell Gilbert wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>vpc@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au (Priyadarshana Chandrasena) writes: <p>> I have a new HP (non-postscript) printer. I <br>> have configured it to print ps files and text <br>> files. But I can not print from Netscape. <br>> <br>> How can I configure it to print from netscape?. <p>If you configure the print command in Netscape to be something that <br>works from the command line (for PostScript files, if I recall <br>correctly), it should use that to send its jobs to the printer. <p>If that doesn't happen, describe what you did, what the printer <br>command is set to, what happens when you try it (including log <br>messages), and what happens when you print something from the command <br>line using the same command. <p>Good luck.</blockquote> Actually, my configuration works with netscape as well. <br>But sometimes for webpages with images embedded in <br>tables seem to not work. I was thinking if there is a <br>printer filter other than the one in the FreeBSD handbook <br>(I am using this: filter for postscript print for non postscript <br>printers) to address this. <p>Regards <pre>-- Priyadarshana Chandrasena Postgraduate Student Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Phone : (08) 8303 6391 Fax : (08) 8303 4360 Email : vpc@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au WWW : www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/vpc</pre> </html> --------------0304C9DB5042E83DF8439852-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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