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Re: mozilla, xprint, cups?



On 04/04/05 18:58 Stephen Patterson wrote:

> Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> writes:
>
>> The choice I'm offered in the print dialog is PostScript/hpdj520 which
>> is probably right since hpdj520 is my CUPS printer. In its properties
>> it originally had
>>
>> lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
>>
>> as the print command. Doesn't work.
>
>
> Does the lpr command work from a terminal? If not, you'll need to
> install cupsys-bsd. Can't think of anything else though as xprint barely
> needs to know about your printer specifically.


smashing! It didn't work from a terminal. I just installed cupsys-bsd and printed from mozilla with that print command above :) I was totally misled by the warning it gives on install:

>>>>>>>>
This package contains a server that can accept BSD-style print jobs and submit them to CUPS. It should only be set up if you have other computers that submit jobs over the network via "BSD" or "LPR" services, and these computers cannot be converted touse the IPP protocol that CUPS uses.
<<<<<<<<

So thanks for giving me the tip. I was starting to pull my hair out.

You got a total bullseye with that answer. Thanks v. much,
Adam



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