Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:01:51 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing from Thunderbird 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>
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:44:37 -0700, Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> 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, ...
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