printing problem (pdf) with HP Deskjet 5940

[Zbigniew Koziol]

On 10/20/07, Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 04:35:38PM -0400, Zbigniew Koziol wrote
>
> > I have no good understanding how printing works.
> >
> > 1. How to print pdf files?
>
>   Can your printer/driver handle PDF in the first place?

Thats what I am asking ;) My feeling is that CUPS tends to use PDF as
a standard? Than it would not be so much to printer to handle it but
tu CUPS...

> handle postscript.  If so "man pdf2ps" for instructions on converting
> PDF fiels to PS.  Then print the PS version

That i know.

> > 2. How to stop hpjis message going into log file?
>
>   You need to kill some process somewhere.  Assuming you have a generic
> setup, try...
> /etc/init.d/cupsd restart
>
>   Plan B... "ps -ef | less" and see which process looks suspicious and
>             kill it.
>
>   Plan C... reboot.

Ugly method that I did not want to use. But it worked ;)

zb.

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