From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 29 23:16:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A5F16A401 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benfell@earth.parts-unknown.org) Received: from earth.parts-unknown.org (earth.parts-unknown.org [66.93.170.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8EB2113C467 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from benfell@earth.parts-unknown.org) Received: (qmail 37786 invoked by uid 501); 29 Jan 2007 23:16:57 -0000 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:16:57 -0800 From: David Benfell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070129231657.GA36374@parts-unknown.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070129074438.GA15883@parts-unknown.org> <20070129173944.GC39489@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070129195740.GA73759@parts-unknown.org> <20070129211644.GA83500@parts-unknown.org> <20070129213617.GD45624@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070129213617.GD45624@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-gnupg-public-key: http://www.parts-unknown.org/gnupg/export-0DD1D1E3 X-stardate: [-29]7064.82 X-moon: The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (89% of Full) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: CUPS and gimp and openoffice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:16:57 -0000 --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:36:17 +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > >=20 > >=20 > > > > In the GIMP, set up the printer as PostScript level 2, and also pro= vide > > > > the PPD file. > > Okay, I did this, but CUPS never sees print jobs from the Gimp. How is > In the printer setup dialog, you also have to specify the print > command. I use "lp -s -dclj2550 -oraw". You'll need to adapt that to the > name of your printer. >=20 > BTW, I've got the following variables set in /etc/make.conf, so that the > base system will not override the cups binaries after the next > buildworld: >=20 > CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=3Dtrue > NO_LPR=3Dtrue >=20 [Grunt] Okay, I've got it working now. I had to specify the path of the CUPS lp command (/usr/local/bin). Because, yes, I've been doing lots of updates, while upgrading this system, and buildworld hasn't just happened once, but several times. > > Next question: How to get OpenOffice to recognize all the printer > > attributes? Spadmin doesn't seem to want to deal with PPD files. >=20 > Since I don't use openoffice, I can't help you here. >=20 It prints, but the printer has duplex capability that I only want to use most (not all) of the time. That's really the only issue. Thanks! --=20 David Benfell, LCP benfell@parts-unknown.org --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/ NOTE: I sign all messages with GnuPG (0DD1D1E3). --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFvoBpUd+dMw3R0eMRAqLtAJ9G4lpiVD0EFIKTZSpNimU6hsScrQCfTk1K 37JcFC9mcSe+cukht5XWWh0= =P8uO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--