printing .pdf

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 03:29:20PM -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> Not working for me:
> 
> [chris at p733 ~]$ lpr /home/chris/Desktop/Calendar.pdf
> lpr: Error - no default destination available.
> [chris at p733 ~]$ /usr/bin/lpr /home/chris/Desktop/Calendar.pdf
> /usr/bin/lpr: Error - no default destination available.
> [chris at p733 ~]$ su
> Password:
> [root at p733 chris]# /usr/bin/lpr /home/chris/Desktop/Calendar.pdf
> /usr/bin/lpr: Error - no default destination available.

You may have to set a default printer or specify the name of one with -P
xxx

lpoptions -d printername sets the default for your user.

/var/run/cups/printcap lists which printers cups currently knows about.
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