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psilo357

Member

Registered: 2008-10-31

Posts: 116

printing with xpdf

okay, i filed my taxes, and they are saved in a pdf file, which i can view no problem.  Now, i need to print a copy for my file box, and it just won't print.  I have tried putting 'lpr' in the print with command box after clicking printer icon, but no dice.  Printer is installed, working fine from online, OO, kwrite, etc...

any help would be great...sorry for the stupid question, doesn't seem it shoudl be so difficult to just print the damn file...lol

thanks

Tenken

Member

Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 126

Re: printing with xpdf

You could try printing it from the command line with:

 lp -d name-of-printer /path/to/pdf/file.pdf

Check out the man page for lp for more info.

derelict

Member

Registered: 2006-07-25

Posts: 81

Re: printing with xpdf

open your browser to http://localhost:631 (the web interface for cups). Click on the Printers tab at the top of the page. Then locate your printer and click the "Set As Default" button. After that you should be able to use 'lpr' as the print command and have it work as expected.