Re: printing

[Nick Bailey <n.j.bailey@elec.gla.ac.uk>]

John Batistic wrote:

> I have starting using Kate and find that I cannot print.
>
> I use apsfilter and need to be able to output 'lpr filename' for
> printing to occur.
>
> None of the messages make sense to me. Kde print manager seems to
> be outputting a long complex string which I don't know how to
> change and console error messages refer to directories different
> from where my lp files reside. Printing works fine with kedit
> and non-kde apps.
>

I had this for a time.  It seems to compose a command which has lpr ...
-P"printername" ... which looks fine unless, like me, you have printers with
alternative names in your /etc/printcap.  So I got commands with lpr ...
-P"lp|Printer in the Lab" ... for example, which of course failed.

But this messed up all applications, not just one.

I use xemacs in preference to Kate, although Kate's installed... is there a
"Generic (Print through external command)" option to Kate printing?  If so, you
could try using that with lpr as the external command.  That fixed my particular
problem.

Good luck,

Nick/


>
> Debian testing/unstable 2.2.9. KDE 2.2.1
> How do I enable printing?
>
> Thanks
> John Batistic
>
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