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From: Christian <mcr76@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:22:02
Message-Id: 200706240213.30112.mcr76@gmx.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] print to pdf by "Matthew R. Lee"
1 Hi Matt,
2
3 I had the same problem. But sorry, I cannot remember how I solved this
4 problem.
5 Have you tried to recompile the foomatic - packages?
6
7 I have the following packages installed:
8 [I] net-print/foomatic-db
9 Available versions: 20050910 20060720 ~20070508
10 Installed versions: 20060720(01:33:41 29.12.2006)
11 Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
12 Description: Printer information files for foomatic-db-engine to
13 generate ppds
14
15 [I] net-print/foomatic-db-engine
16 Available versions: 3.0.2 3.0.20060720 ~3.0.20070508
17 Installed versions: 3.0.20060720(01:34:04 29.12.2006)
18 Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
19 Description: Generates ppds out of xml foomatic printer
20 description files
21
22 [I] net-print/foomatic-db-ppds
23 Available versions: 20060720 ~20070508
24 Installed versions: 20060720(01:34:32 29.12.2006)
25 Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
26 Description: linuxprinting.org PPD files for postscript printers
27
28 [I] net-print/foomatic-filters
29 Available versions: 3.0.2-r1 3.0.20060720 ~3.0.20070501
30 Installed versions: 3.0.20060720(01:34:45 29.12.2006)(cups)
31 Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
32 Description: Foomatic wrapper scripts
33
34 [I] net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds
35 Available versions: 20060720 20070501
36 Installed versions: 20070501(11:40:25 08.06.2007)
37 Homepage: http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
38 Description: linuxprinting.org PPD files for non-postscript
39 printers
40
41 Best regards
42 Christian
43
44 Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
45 > I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and
46 > cups-pdf. The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
47 > Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
48 > followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though the
49 > only one I've come across so far.
50 > Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
51 > Comments greatly received
52 > Matt
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