printing pdf files?

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:50:01 PDT 2004


On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, dep wrote:
> a tad of an emergency here, because i have some forms i need to fill out
> and file, but i can't print the silly things.
>
> i'm running cups and acrobat wants to use /usr/bin/lpr; i do not get
> anything at all when i allow it to proceed. likewise xpdf. ghostview
> gives me errors before even loading the file, as does the kde pdf
> viewer.
>
> so i guess what i'm looking for is the command string necessary to get
> acrobat to send through cups, i.e., what to say on the line where it
> says /usr/bin/lpr.
>
> any ideas?

why not just print to a file (postscript) and then print that file?  Or
open it in your web browser of choice, using hte acroread plugin, and
print it?

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