[TriLUG] Printing Help

Jeremy Portzer jeremyp at pobox.com
Tue Mar 11 09:07:12 EST 2003


On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 08:27, Chris Knowles wrote:
> Running RH8.0
> 
> I've setup my Jet Direct printer.  from the printing tool, I can print
> all the appropriate test pages.
> 
> >From the command line, "lpr <file>" prints the file.
> 
> But from most of the GUI apps that you'd want to print from (Openoffice
> Writer, Evolution, mozilla) I can't the darn thing to print.  
> 
> All of the GUI apps are set to use lpr, per the default setting.
> 
> Where should I look?
> 

Are you using CUPS or LPRng ?  Have you checked the log files for error
messages (like /var/log/messages )?  Can you print to a file and then
print that file with lpr <filename> ?

I've had trouble with Mozilla and some HP LaserJet's, but Evolution, OO
Writer, etc. usually work fine if the basic setup is working.

--Jeremy




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