[ncolug] Re: reasons to switch back to Ubuntu
- From: Chuck Stickelman <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:33:42 -0500
larry wrote:
That was the package trying to pop up a config window underneath
synaptic. Anyway, I installed it, on the command line, no difference,
it's gone again. No difference. BTW, syslog is full of reports of a
hung parallel port, except that this is a network printer...
larry wrote:
xprint was not installed. I added it just now, but then synaptic just
hung on "installing software."
BTW, xprint is a package that ALL software should be making use of.
Currentl, most applications have to have two types of code, one to
output in X syntax, and another to convert that to PostScript for
printing. The task of getting those two outputs looking exactly alike
is tremendous. Xprint solves all of that -- or at least streamlines
it. Xprint is an X Windows server that outputs to PostScript and/or PCL
devices instead of monitors. So any software that can output to your
display's X server can connect to the Xprint X server and have the
output show up on any PS/PCL capable printer. Very nice idea! I htink
the Mozilla people are the only major project making use of it, but it
is something we should see more use of.
Chuck
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