Does cups support printing microsoft doc and ppt printing

chandrashekar chandu.ise at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 03:02:42 PDT 2011


> chandrashekar wrote:
>
> >> chandrashekar wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > Can you please let me know if there is any option to enable cups
> >> > printing doc's and ppt files. Do I need to change in mime.types and
> >> > mime.convs or do i need to add seperate filters for these conversions.
> >>
> >> You may also look at the officetops filter at the cups.org links.
> >>
> >> Helge
> >>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking at officetops filter to get configured on my machine. I have
> > 2 issues here.
> >
> > 1. when I launch spadmin Add Printer ->Choose PPD, which PPD to choose ?
> > they say Acrobat Distiller where do I find it ? Ubuntu doesnt support such
> > package right ? 2. when I do "su lp". I am unable to open soffice. Getting
> > below error: soffice.bin X11 error: Cant open display: Set DISPLAY
> > environment variable, use -display option.
> >
> > Note: soffice is running only with root privilege.
> >
> > How do I resolve these issues. Please help me out
>
> The Add Printer dialog should display a list of printers, the first of the
> listed printers should read "Acrobat Distiller 3.0". If this isn't there,
> the preset "Generic Printer" should be OK.
>
> soffice and its childs require a running X server and need the display
> number to open, so set the DISPLAY environment variable correctly.
> You need to set up a "fake" X server (like Xvfb) if your CUPS is running on
> a headless machine. Please tell us on what system you are going to install
> this filter.
>
> And no, soffice should be world-executable.
>
> Helge
>
1. I added the printer properly with "Generic Printer"
2. Installed svfb, verified X Server running via startx its running, Set DISPLAY=:0.0
3. I switched to "su lp" and try to open soffice I am getting below issues
stat: cannot read file system information for `/var/spool/lpd': No such file or directory
[Java framework] Error in function createSettingsDocument (elements.cxx).
javaldx failed!
Failed to open display








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