[SOLVED] Problem with dvips at slackware

mfduqued · 07-05-2009, 10:53 PM

Why dvips does not work, and is as

lpr: Error - scheduler not responding

willysr · 07-05-2009, 11:54 PM

probably you haven't turned on the cups scheduler?

mfduqued · 07-06-2009, 02:10 PM

Mr willysr, how to i turned on the cups scheduler?, help me please

stormtracknole · 07-06-2009, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mfduqued

Mr willysr, how to i turned on the cups scheduler?, help me please

As root, do this at the command line:

Code:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.cups
/etc/rc.d/rc.cups start

That should do it!

mfduqued · 07-06-2009, 03:12 PM

stormtracknole,

I do your suggestion but when I do dvips filename.dvi, result as

lpr: Error - no default destination available.

stormtracknole · 07-06-2009, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mfduqued

stormtracknole,

I do your suggestion but when I do dvips filename.dvi, result as

lpr: Error - no default destination available.

Once CUPS is running, you need to define a printer.

willysr · 07-06-2009, 10:11 PM

try open http://localhost:631 and then define your printer there

Uncle_Theodore · 07-06-2009, 10:16 PM

You need to do one more thing, though. Suppose you named your printer in CUPS "lp". Then, run the command

Code:

lpoptions -d lp

in a terminal. After that, dvips will work normally. It just sets the default printer.

cmk77 · 07-07-2009, 02:22 AM

maybe you want to print to a postscript file? If so use:

Code:

 dvips filename.dvi -o filename.ps

mfduqued · 07-07-2009, 06:54 PM

cmk77, thank you

problem is resolved.

Why is it necessary to specify the output file?, this option was not mandatory after compiling a file latex in slack 9.1

cmk77 · 07-08-2009, 02:05 AM

You don't need to specify the output file unless you want it to have a different name. You *do* need to specify the -o, otherwise dvips tries to print directly to the default printer. I guess the configuration of dvips changed since 9.1?

This is from the dvips man page

Code:

 -o name
              The output will be sent to file name If no file name is given (i.e.,
              -o  is  last on the command line), the default name is file.ps where
              the .dvi file was called file.dvi; if this option isn’t  given,  any
              default  in  the configuration file is used.

mfduqued · 07-08-2009, 05:36 PM

cmk77

Thank you for your response.

mfduqued · 07-08-2009, 08:20 PM

cmk77

Thank you for your response.

Petri Kaukasoina · 07-09-2009, 03:14 AM

You can use command "texconfig" to change the default way to print out. texconfig -> DVIPS -> DEST. The default is now '|lpr'. If you just press return, printing will be disabled and the output saved to a file by default.