Re: Adding a printer to OpenOffice

[Kevin Cummings]

Frank Cox wrote:
>  I want to automatically create a .ps file from a html file using a
> script on
>  this FC6 machine. 
html2ps

>  It seems to me that OpenOffice should fit this bill as it can load a
> html file
>  and print to a PostScript file.  However, doing this automatically from the
>  commandline is becoming a challenge. 
Like using a sledge hammer to drive a wire brad.

>  I thought I might be able to set up a printer using spadmin that
> would simply
>  print to a file, then use a command like:
>  
>  ooffice -pt textfileprinter document.html
>  
>  Unfortunately, I have run into a roadblock here in that, on my installation of
>  OpenOffice, when I run /usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/program/spadmin and select
>  "new printer" the options "Add a printer" (and "Import printers
> from a
>  StarOffice intallation", though this one is not relevant) are greyed out and
>  the only selections that I can make are "Connect a fax device" or "Connect
> a
>  PDF converter".
>  
>  So how can I add a printer to OpenOffice that will print to a Postscript file?
>   

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