Re: [SL] Tracking Down Printing Problem -- Fixed?

[Rich S. <rsh...@ap...>]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Jeff Roberts wrote:

> Can you confirm that CUPS is running?

Jeff,

   Yes, it is running.

> I once had both CUPS and LPR installed on a machine and the lpr command
> would still work when CUPS was shut down. LPR had been installed on the
> machine when it was built and I had added CUPS later. So don't get tripped
> up into thinking that because a command line lpr works that CUPS is
> running.

   Way back when CUPS first came out the instructions to install it involved
removing lpr first. While I wasn't sure if I would regain the ability to
print, it all came out just fine when I followed the instructions.

> Also, can you print a web page from within Firefox?

   Yup. And from OO.o, and from xpdf/acroread, etc.

   Think I've found the problem and fixed it. For some reason, the upgrade
from cups-1.3.7 to -1.3.9 left the former version installed. I removed
-1.3.7 and can print a screen from SL directly to the printer. In a few days
I'll have more checks to print and will be able to see if those print
directly to the printer, too.

Thank you very much for your suggestions,

Rich

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