[wplug] OpenOffice: Cannot install PDF Converter Printer

[Scott Kiesling]

Perhaps try 'New Printer' while running spadmin as user? I think I did
the whole thing as user, and it worked. Might want to tell everyone what
distro you're running too.

SFK

On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 08:28, Russ Schneider wrote:
> I followed the directions in the OpenOffice manual on setting up a PDF 
> Converter.  Basically, it said to open up spadmin and create a new 
> printer that would point to the PDF driver and become a "PDF Printer".
> 
> I did this, ran a test page, and it worked fine.
> 
> But the printer I created is not showing up in the list of printers in 
> the Print dialogue box when I try to Print a file to a PDF.
> 
> I closed OpenOffice and openned it again, but to no avail.
> 
> According to the manual, the printer should be showing up in the 
> pull-down menu of available printers.  It is not.
> 
> Initially, when starting spadmin as user "sugapablo", spadmin did not 
> save my printer.  I started spadmin as root and it did save the printer 
> in it's menu the next time I openned spadmin.  Perhaps that's part of 
> the issue?  But then, how would I transfer those rights to "sugapablo"? 
>   (I don't know if this has anything to do with it at all, but I thought 
> I'd mention it.)
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
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