Re: Print dialogs without CUPS
On (16/02/05 08:46), Ben Mulvihill wrote:
> Alban Browaeys <browaeys.alban@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:<3xd9K-6e9-5@gated-at.bofh.it>...
> > Le Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:23:47 -0800, Ben Mulvihill a écrit :
> >
> > > After updating to Gnome 2.8 and the latest Epiphany, Firefox and
> > > Abiword packages I see the print dialog has changed. I now
> > > get entries like lp@:64 and no custom option. It
> > > looks as though Gnome applications now expect to have CUPS installed. Is
> > > this the case, or can I continue to use my old setup, and if so how?
> >
> >
> > this syntax lp@:64 is teh one from xprint ... very few programs support
> > them currently , so not much should have been affected. Removing the
> > xprint package (and maybe restarting X) should get you back to your usual
> > look and feel.
> >
> > xprint is part of upcoming xfree86 technology and comes from mozilla.
> > It attempts to avoid having a specific manager for kde, one for gnome ... .
> > You can deinstall it and reinstall it without harm to your current
> > configurations.
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Alban
>
> Thanks to both of you for letting me know the lp@:64 syntax comes from
> xprint not CUPS. The package x-window-system depends on xprt-xprintorg
> so rather than uninstalling and reinstalling xprint I decided to try
> to get it working instead. I now have printing working successfully
> via xprint from Firefox but not yet from Epiphany. With Epiphany
> I get an error message saying my printer does not support the
> selected paper size. (I have an HP DeskJet 320 and selected A4,
> which is the paper size it takes.)
I delayed removing xprt-xprintorg for the same reason until someone
pointed out that you only need x-window-system-core. That is what I now
have and no xprint ;)
Worked for me
Regards
Clive
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