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I am using KDE 3.1 very happily on X11. One problem, though. I can't get anything to print to the printer hooked up to my Mac. Is this possible to do and, if so, any tips on how to configure it? Thanks.
i don't know how x11 communicates with the rest of the system but i believe the system which handles printing is cups or lpr. i would assume that printing is already enabled whicgh you could test by trying the lpr commandf from a terminal.
Originally posted by Sarah31: i don't know how x11 communicates with the rest of the system but i believe the system which handles printing is cups or lpr. i would assume that printing is already enabled whicgh you could test by trying the lpr commandf from a terminal.
lpr <yourfulldocumentnamehere>
The CUPS system is more or less the defacto standard for *NIX now adays. You should use the browser to configure CUPS for your printer (localhost:631) even if you don't need to use it for your OS X programs. KDE programs will happily print using CUPS and gimp-print by converting what you're printing to postscript and then post-process the file so that the printer can read it.
I have a home network, print to a laserjet shared on a windows PC and use CUPS and gimp-print to print from both OS X programs and from X11 without any difficulty.
>>The CUPS system is more or less the defacto standard for *NIX now adays. You should use the browser to configure CUPS for your printer (localhost:631) even if you don't need to use it for your OS X programs. KDE programs will happily print using CUPS and gimp-print by converting what you're printing to postscript and then post-process the file so that the printer can read it.<<
I can print via terminal with lpr <documentname> to my OSX default printer, but I can't get it to print via the print menu. I think my problem is in my local:631 CUPS setup as my Device URL is listed as file//dev/null for my printer. I am connected via USB, so I think I need a different Device URL.
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