Hi Andre,

Sorry for not getting back to you. I think I missed this thread somehow. We are 
still unable to get TuxPaint to print in the computer lab. All our printers are 
network printers such as the Lexmark MS810 dn.


I read somewhere that I needed to install LPR so I did that. Once that was 
installed the error message was gone in TuxPaint but still there is no output 
to the printer. There is only one printer installed so it is the default but 
when I open the print queue there is nothing there.


Printing works fine with every other application such as LibreOffice. I have 
tried in three different labs and get the same result each time. I even 
contacted Bill Kendricks the creator of Tux Paint and so far he responded once 
saying that i should get a print dialogue box when I hold down ALT and click 
the print button but this is not the case.


I am really frustrated with this because the Elementary schools rely on 
TuxPaint a lot with their younger students and this is holding us back from 
converting their Win 7 labs to Lubuntu.


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<lubuntu-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Andre Rodovalho 
<andre.rodova...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 11:57 AM
To: lubuntu user list
Subject: Re: Trouble printing TuxPaint files in Lubuntu computer lab

Hey Marc,

Sorry the late response. I took some time to test tuxpaint today. I could print 
out of the box with 3 printers I tested: HP Officejet Pro 8100, Brother 
DCP-7065DN and Epson L355

All those printers support LPR protocol. The only thing I did is to set the 
printer as my default, because tuxpaint prints without asking you what printer 
to use...

So, did you check if your printer supports LPR/LPD? What printer are you using?

2014-11-19 20:20 GMT-02:00 Israel 
<israeld...@gmail.com<mailto:israeld...@gmail.com>>:
On 11/19/2014 03:22 PM, Marc Tremblay wrote:
Thanks Andre,

The teachers would like to print directly from the application. I found a 
workaround where I have TuxPaint save the files in the pictures folder and then 
if I right click and select open with Firefox or Abiword , I am the able to 
print the .png file. This is three or four extra steps for the teachers and 
with a class of 25 + it becomes somewhat unmanageable.

It should however work directly from the application as intended.

I hate hearing it works in Windows why can’t it work in Lubuntu??

From: 
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 [mailto:lubuntu-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Andre Rodovalho
Sent: November-19-14 4:16 PM
To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: Trouble printing TuxPaint files in Lubuntu computer lab

Hello Marc.

Personal Recommendation: I use fotoxx to print...

There is outdated version on ubuntu repos. And you can get the latest versions 
here: http://www.kornelix.com/packages.html

TO print, hit File -> Print Image

Then just select the printer... There is some border configuration after that...

2014-11-19 18:34 GMT-02:00 Marc Tremblay 
<mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca<mailto:mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca>>:
Good afternoon,

I apologize if this is off topic. I know this is not a Lubuntu issue but this 
is a big enough issue for our teachers for them to not want to convert over to 
Lubuntu from Windows 7.

We have converted part of their computer lab to Lubuntu 14.4 and the teachers 
are unable to print the pictures that the students had created. The error 
message they get is simply “ sorry your picture can not be printed”. There does 
not seem to be any way to configure the printing with TuxPaint.

I found out that I can install a tuxpaint config application that allows you to 
use an alternative print command instead of “LPR” which I believe is the 
default in Tuxpaint. Is there an alternative print command I could use that 
would allow us to print directly from the application?

Thanks

Marc Tremblay
Educational Services Dept
Lester B. Pearson School Board
1925 Brookdale
Dorval, H9P 2Y7

mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca<mailto:mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca>


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Hi Marc,
from:
http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/FAQ.html

Printing

  *   Tux Paint won't print, gives an error, or prints garbage (Unix/Linux)

Tux Paint prints by creating a PostScript rendition of the picture and sending 
it to an external command. By default, this command is the "lpr" printing tool.

If that program is not available (for example, you're using CUPS, the Common 
Unix Printing System, and do not have "cups-lpr" installed), you will need to 
specify an appropriate command using the "printcommand" option in Tux Paint's 
configuration file. (See the OPTIONS 
documentation<http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/OPTIONS.html>.)

Note: Versions of Tux Paint prior to 0.9.15 used a different default command 
for printing, "pngtopnm | pnmtops | lpr", as Tux Paint output PNG format, 
rather than PostScript.

If you had changed your "printcommand" option prior to Tux Paint 0.9.15, you 
will need to go back and alter it to accept PostScript.

  *   I get the message "You can't print yet!" when I go to print!

The "print delay" option is on. You can only print once every X seconds.

If you're running Tux Paint from a command-line, make sure you're not giving it 
a "--printdelay=..." option.

If you're running Tux Paint by double-clicking an icon, check the properties of 
the icon to see if "--printdelay=..." is listed as a command-line argument.

If a "--printdelay=..." option isn't being sent on the command line, check Tux 
Paint's configuration file ("~/.tuxpaintrc" under Linux and Unix, 
"tuxpaint.cfg" under Windows) for a line reading: "printdelay=...".

Either remove that line, set the delay value to 0 (no delay), or decrease the 
delay to a value you prefer. (See the OPTIONS 
documentation<http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/OPTIONS.html>).

Or, you can simply run Tux Paint with the command-line argument: 
"--printdelay=0", which will override the configuration file's setting, and 
allow unlimited printing. (You won't have to wait between prints.)

Or use Tux Paint Config. and make sure "Print Delay" (under "Printing") is set 
to "0 seconds."

  *   I simply can't print! The button is greyed out!

The "no print" option is on.

If you're running Tux Paint from a command-line, make sure you're not giving it 
a "--noprint" option.

If you're running Tux Paint by double-clicking an icon, check the properties of 
the icon to see if "--noprint" is listed as an argument.

If "--noprint" isn't on the command-line, check Tux Paint's configuration file 
("~/.tuxpaintrc" under Linux and Unix, "tuxpaint.cfg" under Windows) for a line 
reading: "noprint=yes".

Either remove that line, or simply run Tux Paint with the command-line 
argument: "--print", which will override the configuration file's setting.

Or use Tux Paint Config. and make sure "Allow Printing" (under "Printing") is 
checked.



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