Re: Can't print in KDE
On Friday 10 August 2001 09:04 pm, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote:
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> On Saturday 11 August 2001 02:07 am, Paul Winkler wrote:
> > After upgrading to debian unstable (KDE 2.2 beta1) I can not print from
> > any KDE application, but I can print from the command line or from non
> > KDE applications, using the lpr command.
> >
> > The error I receive when printing from KDE is -
> >
> > /usr/bin/lpr -P 'lp|hpdj|HP DeskJet' '-#1'
> > /root/.kde/tmp-debian/kdeprint_YoHJqgH:
> > execution failed with message:
> > usage:lpr [-Pprinter] .....
> >
> > Any suggestions as to where I can start looking will be appreciated.
>
> Change name of printer to hpdj.
>
> That is a major bug. I've met it too and already reported it against
> kdebase.
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> Regards,
>
I was not able to fix the problem by changing the name of the printer, but I
did find bug report 29891, and found by replacing the lpr package with the
lprng package I could print again! Thanks for your help.
Paul Winkler
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