Re: Unable to print from mozilla-firefox only
Jason M Cox wrote:
This issue started when trying to print from mozilla-firefox. I choose
file>print. I get the print dialog. Then click print and get a window
titled "printing" and a progress bar as if it is piping it to lpr. The
progress bar completes the "printing" window disappears and nothing
prints. I check lpr KJobViewer and they have no jobs and show that the
printer is ready and accepting jobs. I tried to research this i n the
archives but couldn't find the same problem. Also checked Mozilla
website to no avail. Then resorted to the chat irc.debian.org
<http://irc.debian.org> #debian. where user kevix instructed me too
run: apt-get install xprint after installing i restarted mozilla-firefox
and still have the same issue. Please note that I am able to print from
other non Mozilla browsers such as Konqueror. All help is greatly
appreciated.
Installing and using CUPS is worth doing anyway, as suggested by the
previous respondent, but the problem with mozilla-firefox sounds like
the same issue I had at one point.
The solution to this (when using CUPS) proved to be as follows: go into
the print dialogue, then select "Properties" (I think - working from
memory here as FF 1.5 is different on this). You're looking for an
option that is labelled something like "Print command".
When I did this, that option was set to something like "lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER+NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER+NAME}". I changed this simply to
"lp" and after that everything printed fine.
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