From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 05:01:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E885106566B for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E37668FC0C for ; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:01:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-116-86.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.116.86]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D2D21E272; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:01:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id o7L51pKi001760; Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:01:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:01:51 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Rem P Roberti Message-Id: <20100821070151.9ff539f0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4C6F59B5.7090705@comcast.net> References: <4C6F2AA2.6060005@comcast.net> <20100821054843.ae15204d.freebsd@edvax.de> <4C6F560C.9080700@comcast.net> <4C6F57A4.2030409@cyberleo.net> <4C6F59B5.7090705@comcast.net> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing from Thunderbird X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:01:54 -0000 On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:44:37 -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > On 08/20/10 21:35, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: > > On 08/20/2010 11:29 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: > >> Ah-ha! In my case I am using the bash shell, and I believe the syntax > >> that is needed for the .bashrc is different than what is used in your > >> csh.cshrc. Any idea where I can find the appropriate syntax for > >> variables stored within .bashrc? > > export PRINTER="Photoshop7760" > > > > bash(1) has extensive documentation; as bash is a superset of the bourne > > shell included in base, sh(1) is likewise useful for reference. > > > Well...I kind of thought that the "export" variable was the correct > one to use, and I entered : > > export PRINTER="Photosmart7760" > > into both my .bashrc and .bash_profile, [...] This is correct, but keep in mind that this setting will be a per-user only setting, allthough it should be sufficient. With $ echo $PRINTER you can always check for it. > [...] but no dice. The printer > neither shows up in Thunderbird or Firefox I checked in my Firefox (version 2): The printer's name is just "PostScript/Default", and when I click "Properties", the following print command is listed: lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME} In my case, this strangely works, as I don't have $MOZ_PRINTER_NAME defined anywhere. You can try to simplify the setting to just be lpr which should then default to $PRINTER. You can also test the intended behaviour with an example like lpr /etc/rc.conf which should then - without any trouble - output /etc/rc.conf to the printer. >From my understanding: When Firefox prints, it sends the data to lpr per pipe. Checking the printer queue right after ^P will lead to something like this: % lpq Laserjet is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 1st poly 982 (standard input) 484630 bytes Now as $PRINTER is defined, you don't need -P anymore for all the lp* tools - only if you want to override the default (e. g. as I use -PLaserjet-nodup if I intendedly want to force non-duplex single-sided printing). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...