Re: can't print from acroread

2001-05-16 Thread peanut butter
Hi, everyone. The problem I was having mid March is finally solved. I started this thread on Mar 16 having the problem of, though being able to print fine from the command line, not being able to print internally from applications such as acroread. Though this problem (which appears to be relate

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-25 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:20:10PM -0800, peanut butter wrote: > > (...) > > To really simplify things while exposing the basic problem, I saved the > pdf from acroread as a postscript file. I then wrote one script that > prints this postscript file with the lpr -D5 option saving the output > to

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-23 Thread peanut butter
> In cases where the same thing acts differently from different > programs, I usually suspect the environment. Add > > env > > to your script, and see what differs. I don't know offhand what it > could be, but it's worth a try. > > -- > Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavo

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-23 Thread Alan Shutko
peanut butter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > so the execution of the script is exactly the same, > printing the exact same postscript file, while printing correctly from > one execution (command line) yet not from the other (acroread). In cases where the same thing acts differently from different

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-23 Thread peanut butter
Ok, here's some preliminary information to this problem I'm still experiencing with a pdf not printing from the acroread application. Erdmut Pfeifer gave an excellent suggestion below to which I dedicated a few hours. In short: make a script that gets executed as the the "print command" from with

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-19 Thread Steve Cooper
Not sure if this will help, but... I have the same symptom. I tried to print from acroread and nothing happened. I ended up shutting down after that. The next time I booted the system I discovered that I was unable to print from any application, and my cpu was pinned. I noticed that the proces

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
Thanks for the clarification. Bob On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 01:16:17AM +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:34:45PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > I had a similar problem with only certain .pdf documents. The error > > light on my Lexmark Optra E312 would flash when lpr wa

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:34:45PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > I had a similar problem with only certain .pdf documents. The error > light on my Lexmark Optra E312 would flash when lpr was sending data to > the printer and nothing was printed although there were no error > messages. I used pdf

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:01:31PM -0800, peanut butter wrote: > > can you print the file in question if you have acroread direct its > > output to a file, which you then send to the printer manually? > > Can you view the resulting PS-file in ghostscript? > > Yes to both. Sorry not to mention thi

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Bob Nielsen-- > > Just a guess, but > > I had a similar problem with only certain .pdf documents. The error > light on my Lexmark Optra E312 would flash when lpr was sending data to > the printer and nothing was printed although there were n

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Roberto Diaz wrote: > >What is the result if after trying to print you make an lpq, can you see >your job in the queue? Due to the problem, I discovered "printop" which graphically monitors printers and queues run by lprng. Nothing ever appears in the queue as far as I can

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
> Not sure if I can help you... > > Is lprng in the print dialog window's command line (/usr/bin/lpr here)? > Did you try to specify a printer explicitely (-P)? > Did you try to print to a file? > Does it work from xpdf? > Another wild guess, but why not: Try PS Level 1, specified in Acroread's >

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:18:00AM -0800, peanut butter wrote: > Hi, I'm using lprng with filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter to an HP > Laserjet 5M printer. Though things print fine from the command line, > if I open a pdf with acroread, nothing prints when clicking the print > button from withi

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Roberto Diaz
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, peanut butter wrote: > >What is the result if after trying to print you make an lpq, can you see > >your job in the queue? > > Due to the problem, I discovered "printop" which graphically monitors > printers and queues run by lprng. Nothing ever appears in the > queue as far

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
> can you print the file in question if you have acroread direct its > output to a file, which you then send to the printer manually? > Can you view the resulting PS-file in ghostscript? Yes to both. Sorry not to mention this right off. I mentioned this the first time I attempted to post this me

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Andre Berger
* peanut butter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 20010316 21:08 +0100: > Hi, I'm using lprng with filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter to an HP > Laserjet 5M printer. Though things print fine from the command line, > if I open a pdf with acroread, nothing prints when clicking the print > button from within th

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:18:00AM -0800, peanut butter wrote: > Hi, I'm using lprng with filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter to an HP > Laserjet 5M printer. Though things print fine from the command line, > if I open a pdf with acroread, nothing prints when clicking the print > button from withi

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Roberto Diaz
> Supposing this is too specific a problem for anyone to immediately > have an idea as to the cause, can anyone at least suggest > some manner at which to attempt to trace what's going on here and > where the failure is occurring? And.. what is your printer command you have selected in acroread?

Re: can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread Roberto Diaz
> have an idea as to the cause, can anyone at least suggest > some manner at which to attempt to trace what's going on here and > where the failure is occurring? What is the result if after trying to print you make an lpq, can you see your job in the queue? Regards Roberto

can't print from acroread

2001-03-16 Thread peanut butter
Hi, I'm using lprng with filter /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter to an HP Laserjet 5M printer. Though things print fine from the command line, if I open a pdf with acroread, nothing prints when clicking the print button from within the application. A pop-up window will appear saying that the print j