Well, Ethan, I tried the same solution and it worked but, let's face it, it's a somewhat makeshift solution!
Is there anyone out there able to give the right hint? Vittorio On Monday 14 May 2001 12:44, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 01:15:06PM +0000, Victor wrote: > > I've installed the Gimp 1.1 under debian 2.2r3 and set my printer up by > > means of magicfilter. > > > > Now, I'm at a loss for printing with Gimp. When I ask Gimp to print, it > > shows a menu in which the buttons "File*" and "setup" are present. > > Because I don't want to print to a file I choose setup and I'm presented > > with a "postscrit2" or my printer. Then Gimp asks me the PPD (????) > > file............ > > i have the same problem, both with potato's gimp 1.0 and 1.2 from sid > compiled on potato. i have yet to find out a solution. and i have > installed gimp-print, made no difference. > > > Taking into account my venerable age (51) and the fact that I'm an > > absolute beginner with the Gimp could you please tell me STEP BY STEP how > > can I print with the Gimp? > > this is how i do it: > > let gimp print to a file, say /tmp/gimp.ps > lpr /tmp/gimp.ps > > annoying but it works. ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
