Re: Printing with KDE 2.2
On Wednesday 05 September 2001 19:09, Gilger.John wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 September 2001 08:52 am, Gilger.John wrote:
> > G'Morning Wondrous Wizards,
> >
> > I recently upgraded to Sid and KDE 2.2. My printer, which worked
> > perfectly with Woody and KDE 2.1 doesn't want to play with Sid and KDE
> > 2.2. I used Apsfilter to setup my /etc/printcap file (if that has
> > anything to do with this)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > John
>
> Twould be nice if you could expound a bit on what /exactly/ the problem
> is
> (error messages, whatnot), along with what printing sub-system you use
> (lpr
> vs. cups vs. whatever). Oh, and what printer you use would be helpful
> as
> well :-)
>
> dbishop@micron.com
>
> ==================
>
> Error message: "printer not found"
> Print system: lpr
> Printer: Epson CS800 using GS uniprint drivers
>
> from console "cat foo > lpr" works
> test print in apsfilter works
>
> printing from kmail, konqueror, kword, or anything else in KDE gives
> error msg.
> I have three resolutions and a "raw" printer. They are displayed in KDE
> print manager. I did set one as my default. Clicking the "test" button
> in KDE Print Manager gives error messsage.
>
> Would it be better to change from lpr to lnprg or cups?
Hi John,
Of course install cups! But there are more than one way to solve it ;) Try:
kprinter ~/.bashrc
and try to print with Print system 'LPR (Standard BSD ...)'. May
Looks like the default Print System 'Generic LPD ... (default)' has a
wrong/misleading description. It should be 'Generic LP ... (default)' or
'LP (Standard SYSV print system)'.
Achim
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
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