[cups.general] Can't print from KDE apps

[Helge Blischke]

Mark Thorp Duxbury wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 18 August 2004 07:27, Helge Blischke wrote:
> 
> > The stuff started by the rc urility usually does not read any profile
> > files unless
> > explicitely configured. Insert the definitions into your
> > /etc/init.d/cups and restart
> > cups (a SIGHUP won't be sufficient in this case).
> >
> > Helge
> 
> First let me say how much I really appreciate all your help and suggestions...
> 
> I've added setting (and exporting) GS_FONTPATH and GS_LIB
> to /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups and restarted it - but unfortunately the problem
> persists.
> 
> If it at all helps, I just tried linking (and this is just a guess so if it's
> foolish I apologize) the verdana.ttf
> to /usr/share/ghostscript/Resource/Fonts/Verdana-Uni-00 and that didn't help
> either... But loading the font by hand into gs does in fact work, i.e.
> 
>      gs -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=test.ps prfont.ps
>      GS>/Verdana DoFont
>      Loading Verdana font from /usr/local/share/fonts/TrueType/verdana.ttf...
> 
>                                       * * *
>      GS>/Verdana-Uni-00
>      Loading Verdana-Uni-00 font
>           from /usr/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font/Verdana-Uni-00... 3125560
>          1584961 2153676 778358 0 done.
>      Using Verdana font for Verdana-Uni-00.
> 
> Viewing test.ps in gv looks fine.
> 
> I've now completely exhausted my knowledge of ghostscript.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 

Then let us see your file that does not print correctly. Maybe it
expects
the font(s) under different names ...

Helge

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