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

[Jeff R. <je...@jr...>]

Hi Rich

Did you ever get this resolved?

Jeff



Hi Rich

Doesn't printing an SL screen just prove that firefox works?

Why don't you load the printer with plain white paper and see if you can 
reprint some old cheques and invoices to see if it's really fixed.

Also, does lpq work again?

Jeff


Rich Shepard wrote:
> 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
>
>