Tim wrote:
Having said that, I haven't got cups-pdf installed, yet if I call up the print requester to print something (such as this email), and pick the print-to-file option, I have options to produce a file that's PDF, Postscript, or SVG. And they all work.
I am having trouble finding any option, method,etc to "print-to-file".
(I did install cups-pdf, and I imagine it just works. I see cups-pdf listed in the printer list.)
But what I would really like is what Tim describes.
Tim, just what do you mean by "call up the print requestor"? some path in http://localhost:631 ? or some way to query lpr?
And how do you generate your options?
And just what is SVG?
Jack,
feeling very stupid, as if this is or should all be common linux knowledge.
On 06/17/2013 11:52 AM, jackson byers issued this missive:
Tim wrote:
Having said that, I haven't got cups-pdf installed, yet if I call up the print requester to print something (such as this email), and pick the print-to-file option, I have options to produce a file that's PDF, Postscript, or SVG. And they all work.
I am having trouble finding any option, method,etc to "print-to-file".
(I did install cups-pdf, and I imagine it just works. I see cups-pdf listed in the printer list.)
But what I would really like is what Tim describes.
Tim, just what do you mean by "call up the print requestor"? some path in http://localhost:631 ? or some way to query lpr?
Depends on what your application uses. The default mechanism for most "Print..." menus should bring up a requestor asking you which printer to use (for example, Firefox and Thunderbird uses this mechanism). The choice at the top of the options is usually "Print to file" and the icon is generally a green arrow pointing downwards to a drawer-like object.
Google-ish apps (like Chrome) use their own requestor, but if you click on the "Change" button in the "Destination" window on the left, you should find "Save to PDF" as an option under "Local Destinations".
To query lpr, just use "lpstat -t".
And how do you generate your options?
And just what is SVG?
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 01:50:11PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 06/17/2013 11:52 AM, jackson byers issued this missive:
And just what is SVG?
I believe SVG is a GUI interface to subversion.
SVG is a vector graphics format:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics
On 06/17/2013 03:30 PM, Suvayu Ali issued this missive:
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 01:50:11PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 06/17/2013 11:52 AM, jackson byers issued this missive:
And just what is SVG?
I believe SVG is a GUI interface to subversion.
SVG is a vector graphics format:
Ah, right! Forgot that one. I sit/stand/lie corrected. Thanks for setting me straight, Suvayu.
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Allegedly, on or about 17 June 2013, jackson byers sent:
Tim, just what do you mean by "call up the print requestor"? some path in http://localhost:631 ? or some way to query lpr?
Choose the print option in almost any GUI application.
It's been years since I've used the command line to print anything, since I don't have a dot-matrix printer any more, which was line-by-line based data, the modern printers all want to deal with separate pages. Sometimes that can be the cause of printing problems, it's waiting for an end-of-page signal before anything happens (unrelated to this thread, though).
And how do you generate your options?
Different sections of the window that pops up when I choose to print.
NB: Quite often, clicking the print icon on a toolbar prints to the default printer, with the default options. But picking the print option from a menu, goes through a requester window full of choices.
And just what is SVG?
Scaleable Vector Graphics.
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