Re: can I define a default printer in firefox? how?
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 05:55:15PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 25 February 2006 15:02, Paul E Condon wrote:
> >On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:26:50PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> On Saturday 25 February 2006 14:07, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >> >Paul E Condon wrote:
> >> >> Thanks. This really a good lead, but its not working. See below.
> >> >
> >> >[...]
> >> >
> >> >>>The mozilla-xprint behavior is mostly controlled by the settings
> >> >>> in /etc/Xprint/C/print/Xprinters.
> >> >>
> >> >> On my machine the above named file exists and contains the lines
> >> >> referred to below. But it also contains the following comments:
> >> >>
> >> >> <quote>
> >> >> # X*printers sample configuration file
> >> >> #
> >> >> #
> >> >> # This file belongs in /usr/lib/X11/X*printers, where the "*" is
> >> >> the # display number of the server. For example, if the server
> >> >> is # invoked using the command X :0, then the X0printers file is
> >> >> used.
> >> >> #################################################################
> >> >>### #### </quote>
> >> >>
> >> >> When I make changes to this file and restart my X system, I see
> >> >> no change in behavior. Perhaps I need to make a copy per this
> >> >> comment. But this seems to me to violate Debian policy, so I
> >> >> wonder if there is not something else that should be done
> >> >> instead.
> >> >
> >> >Just to make sure what you mean by "restarting your X system": You
> >> > have to explicitly restart "xprint" for the changes to have an
> >> > effect. (I don't think xprint is restarted automatically when you
> >> > restart the X server; at least during bootup and shutdown it seems
> >> > to be a separate item.)
> >> >
> >> >Furthermore, I now realized that my default printer just happens to
> >> > be the first one when all printers are listed alphabetically, so
> >> > maybe achieving the desired effect was accidental in my case.
> >>
> >> And I'll submit that if cups and gutenprint are properly installed
> >> and configured it works, and does so without any interference from
> >> xprint. I saw it in an htop report one day, got curious and stopped
> >> it, also disabling its startup at boot time. That was about a month
> >> ago and I've yet to have anything refuse to print or print wrongly
> >> in any way. So I've removed one potential source of printing
> >> mischief.
> >>
> >> What exactly WAS it supposed to do anyway?
> >>
> >> >Regards,
> >> > Florian
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheers, Gene
> >
> >Hi, Gene.
> >
> >I'm the OP on this thread. My complaint is that firefox print window
> >always lists five candidate printers, only two of which actually work
> >and neither of these is ever the default selection. Every time I
> >forget to explicitlys select a printer, I fail to get my printout. I
> >find this an annoying waste of time.
>
> Odd, I haven't had any trouble with firefox, but everytime I put in a
> security update of mozilla, it reverts to some nonsense about a
> postscript printer $33 or some such that doesn't work, but the other 4
> of them are available and useable via the multiselector. I had it
> fixed once, but maybe its something in the environment.
>
> Hummph... I just checked to make sure I wasn't fibbing, and both moz
> and firefox now seem to autoselect the default "postscript/lp2"
> printer. I have 4 printer defines, with a 360x360 setup as lp2 & set
> as the default. As to why it suddenly started working I haven't the
> foggiest. One of those things that make you go Hummmmm...
>
> FWIW, this box isn't debian, but a rather hacked up FC2 install. I
> prefer to fix broken stuff by fixing the broken stuff as opposed to
> blindly updateing in hopes it will fix whatever is makeing me itch at
> the moment. There are some things I stay current with, like amanda,
> and kernels, 2.6.16-rc4 atm. But I do have a debian based install on
> my milling machines controller box, bdi-4.30, hence my subscribing to
> this list. My firewall used to be the main box, with a similarly
> hacked up rh7.3 on it. Uptime there is since I installed 2.4.28 on it
> nearly a year ago now. BIG ups.
>
> But cups, being fairly universally used these days, is only
> distro-centric in the screwball names debian uses for it, so if I can
> help, I try to, hopefully not running afoul of a debianism when I do.
> And there certianly is enough of those to go around. :)
>
> >--
> >Paul E Condon
> >pecondon@mesanetworks.net
>
> --
> Cheers Paul, Gene
Something happened to access to my laser printer under CUPS from my
Macs (also using CUPS) while I was working this firefox issue. Now
there is no Mac access to the printer. I am depressed.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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