akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I am confused with all this advice. You choose the port, the > manufacturer, etc for the printer. I you want to print a pdf file use > xpdf, gv, ggv or acroread to display the pdf file and then print it. You're thinking about: existing PDF -> programs -> paper. The rest of the thread is about: existing document *NOT* in PDF format (say, Abiword) -> print system -> PDF *instead* of paper. "Printing" to PDF is close enough to printing to paper that it makes sense to use the same mechanisms to produce a PDF. James. -- E-mail address: james | Legacy (adj): @westexe.demon.co.uk | an uncomplimentary computer-industry epithet that | means 'it works'. | -- Anthony DeBoer