Does cups support printing microsoft doc and ppt printing

[Helge Blischke]

chandrashekar wrote:

>> > 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
>>
> 
> System I am using is Ubuntu 11.04(Natty)

First, after starting Xvfb (I think this is the name of the fake X server on 
Ubuntu Natty), determine the name of the fake X display. It may be different 
from ":0.0". You can get it using the ps command. Moveover, if you start the 
X server using startx, this will *set* the DISPLAY variable.

And, if not existing, make (as root !) the directory /var/spool/lpd and then 
execute
chown lp:lp /var/spool/lpd
(provided the group for user lp is also lp; you can get this by "id lp")

And last, for executing soffice as user lp for the first time, you need to
su - lp

Perhaps (I only have an Ubuntu derived system at hand) you first need to 
switch to root by
sudo -i
(using your own password) in order to become root in order to be able to su 
to lp without any password request.

Helge