On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 09:38:49PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 01:30:07PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I have an HP OfficeJet 5500 set up to print through CUPS. I can get it > > > to print from OpenOffice, from a browser, etc.... My problem is in > > > getting it to print from Gimp. > > > > > > There are no gimpprint drivers available for the OJ 5500, at least I > > > can't find any, and I have the 1.6.2 version of HPIJS installed, so I > > > downloaded the correct .ppd file and set Gimp up to use the printer as a > > > PostScript Level2 printer and browsed to the .ppd file and showed Gimp > > > where it is. There is an activity bar that runs across the bottom of > > > page showing Gimp getting ready to print, but nothing prints. The > > > spooler never shows any print jobs and neither does the CUPS printer or > > > print jobs page when connecting to it by browser. (All jobs except for > > > the Gimp jobs show up here and print successfully) > > > > > > I am obviously configuring something wrong in Gimp, or I am missing a > > > software component somewhere, but what? > > > > What print command is gimp using? > > > > I install cupsys-bsd and tell everything to print using lp (not lpr as > > many things default to). Gimp prints fine using this method (never > > tried any other method in fact). > > I installed the cupsys-bsd package and my results changed a little. Now > the print job shows up in "completed jobs" in the CUPS admin page with a > job name of (stdin) but nothing gets printed. The spooler icon shows up > for about 5 seconds and then closes too. > > The printer command in the Gimp interface is "lp -s -dPrinter_Name -oraw".
Try just plain "lp" - that's all I use. Prints to the default printer. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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