Dom Incollingo wrote:
FX Fraipont wrote:
Dom Incollingo wrote:
Hello,
I'm running 9.2, with gnome as my default desktop. gtklp is installed, and I can launch it by entering 'gtklp' at the command line. But I'd like applications such as Open Office and Gedit to print using the gtklp dialog rather than their own native print dialog. (gtklp has more flexibility in its print options.)
I guess it's like using Kprinter, and the configuration goes as follows in Openoffice:
.ooo-1.1/spadmin in your home directory to launch spadmin
New printer > connect to a PDF converter > a specific driver > generic printer > enter a command line appropriate to the printer
/path to gtklp
I guess it's something like /opt/gnome/bin/gtklp , but check on your system because I do not have gtklp installed.
FX
Thanks very much for the info! It worked like a charm.
Back when I used to use KDE, I never had to follow a procedure like this to add Kprinter as a print option in OO. It was there automatically. But it's nice to have this issue resolved.
I'd guess that there is some .gnome config file that controls the printer selection in gedit. I'll dig around a bit.
Thanks again for your help.
It turns out that it's really easy to get gedit to print using gtklp. In case this question ever arises again, here's how to do it: - File -> Print -> Printer tab - Highlight Generic Postscript printer - Location -> Custom -> Change lpr to gtklp