On 2018-12-28 16:19:54 deloptes wrote: > J Leslie Turriff wrote: > > I don't often print PDF documents, but recently when I have tried to do > > so I have been stymied when KPDF told me that my document needs > > conversion. It also says something about using a non-CUPS print server, > > which is not my case. > > I have attached screen shots of the relevant message dialogs that KPDF > > produces. When I click through these, most of the time KPDF just > > disappears, but sometimes I see the third dialog first. I can find no > > information on what it's really wanting or trying to do, so I have no > > clue as to which MIME type to choose. My understanding is that somewhat > > recently, Linux has switched from printing PDFs directly to converting > > them to PostScript; perhaps that has something to do with this? > > What is the proper way to navigate these dialogs? > > Hi, it looks like your (print) system is not configured properly. Usually > printer would print in post script or anything would be converted by the > cups server into language that your printer understands: > Adobe developed PostScript [1], while HP developed PCL [2], other use one > or both or provide their own solutions. > > Basically your system (cups) has to translate whatever document in > something supported by the printer. It looks like you have to configure > your cups server to provide support for printing PDF documents. (there are > different filters and settings to do this) - perhaps look at the driver > used/configured for your printer and if needed install additional packages > to support the conversion. > > [1] https://www.adobe.com/products/postscript.html > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language > > regards > Nope. There's nothing wrong with my CUPS setup. I can print PDF documents from the command line with lpr, and I can print them from something called Document Viewer (I think it's a Gnome app). Neither of these methods produces any errors, but they do produce printouts. :-) Leslie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
