Brand new topic: printing from xpdf

A whole lot of research has revealed that I probably need a new printer
driver, one that can handle double-byte characters. A lot more research
leaves me frustrated. Anybody know if there is such an animal for an HP
882C?

Jim

jim wagner wrote:

> Aha! Further looking around reveals that 'lpr' makes it print.
> However, it does not print Chinese, just a senection of Latin letters.
>
> Is there any solution for this?
>
> Jim
>
> jim wagner wrote:
>
>> I'm using Mandrake 9.1
>>
>> After several attempts to get Chinese support for Adobe Acrobat 5.x,
>> I went looking for the same for xpdf. When trying to install it, I
>> discovered that the newest version of xpdf, which came with 9.1, has
>> CJK support included.
>>
>> So I loaded this piece that I'd gotten down from the web, and went
>> about trying to print it. With a notable lack of success.
>> Now, in the dialog that comes up when one hits the "print" icon,
>> there is and empty box labeled "print on command." Am I supposed to
>> put something in there? And if so, what?
>>
>> Next is box entitled "print to file" which contains the path to the
>> piece I'm trying to print a part of.
>>
>> When I hit the "Print" button, noting happens.
>>
>> Googling around the web, I find that it is supposed to produce a .ps
>> file, to be printed with Ghostview. However, nothing seems to be
>> happening.
>>
>> I even discovered some instructions on printing from the terminal,
>> but I can't seem to make that work. And one further problem, what
>> set of commands to I use to print, for instance, pages 106 to 108?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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Received on Mon Sep 15 00:04:02 2003