On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 08:13:59PM -0500, Peter Christensen wrote: > I'm very new to Lyx (and Debian!), so I hope this question is not too basic > for this list. > > I installed Debian and am able to print from Kword using CUPS. I'd like to > use Lyx for longer documents, though. Does Lyx work with CUPS? The printer > tutorial in the customization help file talks about setting up the > /etc/printcap file, but does not mention CUPS. I tried "googling" for help > on this, but have not found anything. > > Can anyone help, or point me to a document that might get me started?
Yes, you can as others have pointed out. I did nothing in Lyx to get things to work. It sounds as though you alrady have it mostly set up. The long story about CUPS 'n me: The basic packages I installed (Debian Sid) were: kvaughan:~# dpkg -l "cups*" |grep ^i ii cupsys 1.1.16-4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-bsd 1.1.16-4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman ii cupsys-client 1.1.16-4 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro ii cupsys-driver- 4.2.4-1 Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS and any associated packages. (I think the original choices were cupsys and the client package.) Foomatic was not part of the installation, nor was cupsomatic as I recall. a2ps was, which knocked out apsfilter. My (new) printer is an HP 1200. I used the ppd file off the CD, placed into /usr/share/cups/model, before the 2nd time I managed the setup via my browser on localhost:631 -- the first time was to learn what not to do, of course. For instance, the printer location is my study, not /dev/lp0. ;-) After that the old printcap was saved, and a link made to the CUPS printcap file for the vestigial printcap used by a number of apps (Lyx perhaps being one of them??). www.linuxprinting.org has pretty good docs about it. The only problem I have had with printing is with ps files which have Ochem images inside. I don't know what the problem is, but have resorted to changing my converter script file to create pdf's from the ps output. These print without difficulty. HTIC, Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca
