Re: a simpler printing question

[<briand@aracnet.com>]

On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:00:34 +0100
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon 29 Jun 2015 at 21:37:52 -0700, briand@aracnet.com wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:36:52 +0100
> > Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun 28 Jun 2015 at 13:27:17 -0700, briand@aracnet.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > > maybe.
> > > > 
> > > > after my struggling with cups i decided to go old school.
> > > > 
> > > > it took me 10 minutes with LPRNG to be able to print a postscript
> > > > file, something i have not yet been able to do with cups (which i
> > > > might point out is using the exact same drivers).
> > > > 
> > > > so now the question is: how do i make my applications aware of the
> > > > lprng printer ?
> > > > 
> > > > applications would be : mozilla, claws-mail, libre office, etc...
> > > 
> > > For any installed package it is rarely a waste of time and effort to
> > > read its documentation in /usr/shsre/doc.
> > 
> > and it's there i learned how to construct my printcap file.
> > 
> > however it has nothing about making the printer available to the apps.
> 
> NEWS.Debian and README.Debian both have a section on GTK applications.
> 
> 

lol. you surely  know how many NEWS.Debian files there are...

regardless, there is a print manager for xfce, xfprint, but sadly is only available on sid.

:-(

Meanwhile i can't seem to fool iceweasel into simply looking or directing printout to the default printer- which would work just fine.

Brian