problems printing pdf

[Jing Su]

Maybe your setup isn't filtering the PDF into PS first...
What are you using to view the PDF?

Try pdf2ps [myfile.pdf] [myfile.ps]

and then print the converted PS file.


On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Alex Maynard wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 17:27:39 -0500
> From: Alex Maynard <amaynard-vQ8rsROW2HJSpjfjxSPG1fd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org>
> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: problems printing pdf
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm afraid this may be an embarrassingly basic question, but I'm having
> trouble printing pdf files from a new printer and am not sure what I'm
> doing wrong.
>
> The printer is a HP Laserjet 1300 which is listed
> http://www.linuxprinting.org as needing a postscript driver.
> Using Redhat's printer configuration I deleted the old printer, and added
> this one as /dev/lp0 with a postscript printer. The lpr command now works
> okay for text and postscript files, but does not seem to work for pdf
> files (it prints garbage).  Did I do something wrong or am I missing
> something obvious?
>
> Alex
>
>
>
>
>
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