On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 09:59:44PM +0200, Andreas Radke wrote: > Am Tue, 29 May 2012 14:05:28 -0500 > schrieb rara8avis@xxxxxxx: > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 01:48:24PM -0500, Leonid Isaev wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 May 2012 13:26:02 -0500 > > > rara8avis@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > It does not seem to be documented (e.g. pacman -Qi cups) but cups > > > > 1.5.3-3 requires ghostscript to be installed. This is a change > > > > for some of us who had not otherwise needed ghostscript. FYI > > > > > > > > T. > > > > > > > > > > cups-filters optionally depends on ghostscript (just as cups > > > 1.5.3-2 did). > > > > > This is not an optional dependance that I am talking about. When I > > tried to print from libreoffice via cups 1.5.3-3, cups failed because > > it called gs but I had no ghostscript installed. After installed gs, > > I print easily. So my experience is that gs is now a necessity to > > print through cups. > > > > T. > > > > Ghostscript should only be needed if your printer is not > capable to print PostScript directly. So it was in the past with pure > cups. That's also what cups-filters README says. Maybe you have to > (re)choose your driver now or try a different one. > > -Andy Thanks. I have used the ppd file from Brother for years, which, as I understand it, includes a ps emulation. Cups-filters is new with me as of today and seems to be what requires gs. Oddly, the log shows gs is called and then deactivated; so its installation is required (cups quits without gs) but ultimately not used. I reselected the driver in the frontend to cups but that didn't change the gs requirement. It would be nice not to install unneeded software. T.
