Re: [Debian-User] iceweasel + lprng
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:24:15AM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@vianet.ca> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 05:10:35PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
> I've never used xprint. I never needed it before. I've used for
> several years now plain lprng && (magicfilter || foomatic-filters).
> Lately more foomatic-filters since there's no so good documentation
> around new network printers, which I can't find in the filters
> themselves, so I go and download the specific PPD's from the web...
>
> Maybe using xprint might help, but I wanted to see 1st if there's a
> way to make iceweasel print through plain lpr by itself... At last
> I'll look then for xprint, and see how can it help, taking into
> account I'm using iceweasel version 3.0.3...
My understanding is that xprint is used by iceweasel to correctly set up
the pages for the printers you have configured with your printer system
(I use LPD). Thanks to debian, configuration happens automagically so
you just install and forget.
Doug.
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