On Sunday 19 February 2006 07:33, Florian Kulzer wrote: >John Halton wrote: >> Jason M Cox wrote: >>> This issue started when trying to print from mozilla-firefox. I >>> choose file>print. I get the print dialog. Then click print and get >>> a window titled "printing" and a progress bar as if it is piping it >>> to lpr. The progress bar completes the "printing" window disappears >>> and nothing prints. I check lpr KJobViewer and they have no jobs >>> and show that the printer is ready and accepting jobs. I tried to >>> research this i n the archives but couldn't find the same problem. >>> Also checked Mozilla website to no avail. Then resorted to the >>> chat irc.debian.org <http://irc.debian.org> #debian. where user >>> kevix instructed me too run: apt-get install xprint after >>> installing i restarted >>> mozilla-firefox and still have the same issue. Please note that I >>> am able to print from other non Mozilla browsers such as Konqueror. >>> All help is greatly appreciated. >> >> Installing and using CUPS is worth doing anyway, as suggested by the >> previous respondent, but the problem with mozilla-firefox sounds >> like the same issue I had at one point. >> >> The solution to this (when using CUPS) proved to be as follows: go >> into the print dialogue, then select "Properties" (I think - working >> from memory here as FF 1.5 is different on this). You're looking for >> an option that is labelled something like "Print command". >> >> When I did this, that option was set to something like "lpr >> ${MOZ_PRINTER+NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER+NAME}". I changed this simply >> to "lp" and after that everything printed fine. > >You can also use a command such as 'kprinter' (or the Gnome > equivalent, I assume), then you have the mozilla printing fully > integrated in your desktop environment. This makes it easy to select > duplexing, more than one page on each side, etc. as is appropriate > for each individual printjob. > Now that I didn't know, thanks a bunch man!
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