X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:21:10 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: Keith Christian cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Correct device name for printing a PDF from Ghostview In-Reply-To: <44031736.3000400@yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <44031736 DOT 3000400 AT yahoo DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Keith Christian wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Using Cygwin 1.5.19-4, gv 3.6.1-1, Windows XP Pro SP 2. I'd like to > print a PDF file from Ghostview - Where do I find the correct device > name for my HP USB Printer? > > Clicking the Print button from Ghostview offers "lpr" as the current > device. From the Start/Settings/Printers and Faxes clickpath, there is > an icon with the label "hp officejet 6100 series." In the Properties > dialog under the "Ports" tab, there is a port labeled "USB001." > > So, what path should be in the Print dialog box for Ghostview to point > the output to this USB printer? 'lpr -P "hp officejet 6100 series"' (yes, with the double quotes) should work. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu | igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/