Re: Printing Problems with Gnome
* Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> [061113 15:13]:
> I am running Debian Etch and using the gnome desktop. I also have cups
> installed as well as some KDE apps.
>
> When I go to the CUPS printer administration page I can print test pages to
> all my networked printers. I can also print to the printers from Firefox and
> Kontact.
>
> However, I cannot print from Epiphany - the browser crashes each time I try to
> print. I went to Desktop->Administration->Printing and found both of my
> networked printers listed and they say they are ready. I tried printing test
> pages from there, and nothing printed. I checked the cups admin page, and
> jobs were submitted, but stopped for some unknown error.
This is a long-standing bug
(http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374630) which I reported
again yesterday when I encountered a web page
(http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200210/ports.html) which crashed not only
Ephiphany, but also Galeon.
To be fair, the web page -- like so many, including many pages of the
WordPress Codex -- appears to have composed without giving the
slightest thought to the possibility that someone might like to print
out a copy. When you print it with Firefox, the lines are truncated
on the right-hand side, even if right and left margins are set to
zero. This may be a contributing factor in the crashes with Epiphany
and Galeon.
Someone needs to publish a HOWTO on printer-friendly web pages.
RLH
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