Re: Setting default printing across applications

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

Thanks again - your persistence is appreciated ;-)

On (16/05/03 16:30), Gee Law wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 03:11:26PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > On (16/05/03 13:23), Gee Law wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 12:05:12PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > > > I've set-up printing using CUPS which works fine for Konqueror (KDE3.1)
> > > > and K-Write but if I try to print from say Galeon or AbiWord the printer
> > > > defaults to "lpr". I found by accident that changing the printer to "lp"
> > > > works and so for those applications printing is fine.
> > > > 
> > > > My difficulty arises when printing from a Shell, in particular Mutt.  I
> > > > can't find where to set the default printing instruction to "lp".  I
> > > > checked through .muttrc and there didn't appear to be any relevant
> > > > references in there.
> > > 
> > > print_command perhaps?
> > > 
> > > e.g.
> > > 
> > > # muttprint stuff
> > > set print_command="muttprint"
> > > 
> > I've made progress of sorts - set print_command="muttprint"  The
> > muttprint man page recommends that you set the name of the printer
> > because lp doesn't work - so I've named the printer Epson in
> > /etc/Muttprintrc.
> >
> 
> Do you have the muttprint documentation package installed? It has step
> by step instructions. Here are the relevant lines from my .muttrc:
Yes - man muttprint instructs changing the printer name to the cups name
of the printer because apparently lp doesn't worr for Cups users?
> 
> set print_command="muttprint"
> set print="yes"
> macro index p <display-toggle-weed><print-message><display-toggle-weed><exit>
> macro pager p <display-toggle-weed><print-message><display-toggle-weed>

I had the first two lines; I've now added the last two.

> You need to have set print="yes" otherwise it won't work (see the manaul).
> From what I understand you need to set PRINT_COMMAND to lp in .muttprintrc.
> You shouldn't need to change PRINTER.
>  
> > 
> > When I print a message in mutt it says it has printed but nothing happens.
> > I tried $ lpq -P Epson which returned "lpq: Epson: unknown printer"
> 
> The printer name that the man{ual,page} is referring to is the system
> printer names, i.e. the names in /etc/printcap.cups

I have two printers in /etc/printcap.cups: Epson(local) and HydraHP(network)

> It's strange that lpr doesn't work and lp does.
> 
> > 
> > lpq contains, I guess, all of the messages I've tried to date so they
> > are spooling but getting lp to print to the Epson seems to be the
> > problem.

Is there a work around whereby I can force the printing of what's in the 
print queue (lpq)?

Regards

Clive

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