Re: Printing from mozilla with cups

[Andy Firman <andy@firman.us>]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:44:56PM -0500, Ralph Katz wrote:
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> On 03/21/04 15:20, Glenn Meehan wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | I am having a problem printing from mozilla.
> |
> | This is what I am doing:
> | File -> Print
> | I then select postscript-default for printer.
> | Under properties I am using lpr as the print command.
> | I then click the print button.
> |
> | My printout contains lots of little rectangles where characters should
> | be.
> |
> | I am using debian testing/unstable.
> | mozilla 1.5
> | cupsys/testing uptodate 1.1.20final-16
> | kdebase/testing upgradeable from 4:3.1.3-1 to 4:3.1.5-2
> | The printer I am using is a HP laserjet 5L (non postscript)
> | Printing from open office and lpr on the CLI all printout properly.
> |
> | How can I rectify this problem?
> |
> | Thanks
> |
> 
> Glenn,
> 
> Look at the several dozen open bug reports on print problems with
> mozilla and consider another browser:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=mozilla-browser
> 
> I had fatal print problems with my HP 5L and CUPS with mozilla, but
> firebird works. (I haven't yet upgraded to firefox.)

AHA!  Check out this bugreport:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225447

Scroll down and you see this:
What helped and made the problem disappear was installing "msttcorefonts"

apt-get install msttcorefonts

Now I can print fine with Mozilla.

Andy