On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 21:47:18 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Wed June 18 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > I'm assuming this is because adobe reader is setup with LPR ?? as opposed > > > to CUPS?? if so, how do I change it to CUPS ?? > > > > I see all my defined CUPS printers in the Adobe reader print dialog and > > they all work. I think this depends on having "cups-bsd" installed. > > (Lenny still uses the name "cupsys-bsd" for the relevant package right > > now.) > except that I have that installed: > ii cupsys 1.3.7-5 > > Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server > rc cupsys-bsd 1.3.7-5 > > Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands > > > > > > oh yeah, running Lenny on my desktop > > > just ran the latest updates this morning.. > > > > You can also set the printer name to "Custom..." in the print dialog in > > the Adobe reader, then you can define the print command yourself. If you > > are using KDE anyway then you can simply set this command to "kprinter" > > (without any parameters) then you will get the usual KDE print dialog > > with all its features once you press "OK" in Adobe's print dialog. I > > like setting up my system like this because it gives me easy access to > > kprinter functions like "Send to Fax" from within the Adobe reader. > > I changed it to custom. With my printer selected, it showed: > Status: lpq: Epson 880:unknown printer > with custom selected, the printer command showed: > /usr/bin/lp
Can you print with the custom setting? If not, does changing the command to "/usr/bin/lpr" improve the situation? In an X terminal, what do you get from these commands: lpq lpstat -a -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
