On Sat 15 Feb 2025 at 06:47:23 (-0500), Dan Ritter wrote: > Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > > Xpdf prints show a font that is a little too thick, and xpdf offers none of > > the printer's options (e.g. double-sided printing). I don't try Evince > > (Gnome) or Okular (KDE) because I run the fvwm window manager. > > Unless you are extremely low on disk space, there is no reason > to think that Evince or Okular will not run on your machine. > Without their supportive environments, it will just be harder > for you to change the way that they are themed.
Without a DE, okular is quite a large install. On my bullseye, it would require 194 new packages, including switching fuse to fuse3, which might affect ntfs-3g and jmtpfs. OTOH, I have evince installed from when I set up the machine, and 48 extra packages were installed at the step: # apt-get -y install arandr evince fvwm fvwm-icons I'm not sure whether the DCP-L2640DW is brand-new or just new to the OP. I use driverless printing on my 6-yr old HL-L2390DW to print PDFs, never having printed directly from an application beyond using CUPS. Would that be worth a try? For two-sided portrait, I use: lp -d brother -o media=letter -o print-quality=5 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge "$@" where brother is the device name. (It's wrapped in a function of course, called print-2s-portrait, hence the $@.) Cheers, David.
