Re: can't print from adobe reader
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 21:47:18 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Wed June 18 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > I'm assuming this is because adobe reader is setup with LPR ?? as opposed
> > > to CUPS?? if so, how do I change it to CUPS ??
> >
> > I see all my defined CUPS printers in the Adobe reader print dialog and
> > they all work. I think this depends on having "cups-bsd" installed.
> > (Lenny still uses the name "cupsys-bsd" for the relevant package right
> > now.)
> except that I have that installed:
> ii cupsys 1.3.7-5
> Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
> rc cupsys-bsd 1.3.7-5
> Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
>
> >
> > > oh yeah, running Lenny on my desktop
> > > just ran the latest updates this morning..
> >
> > You can also set the printer name to "Custom..." in the print dialog in
> > the Adobe reader, then you can define the print command yourself. If you
> > are using KDE anyway then you can simply set this command to "kprinter"
> > (without any parameters) then you will get the usual KDE print dialog
> > with all its features once you press "OK" in Adobe's print dialog. I
> > like setting up my system like this because it gives me easy access to
> > kprinter functions like "Send to Fax" from within the Adobe reader.
>
> I changed it to custom. With my printer selected, it showed:
> Status: lpq: Epson 880:unknown printer
> with custom selected, the printer command showed:
> /usr/bin/lp
Can you print with the custom setting?
If not, does changing the command to "/usr/bin/lpr" improve the
situation?
In an X terminal, what do you get from these commands:
lpq
lpstat -a
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