Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:27:09 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer Message-ID: <20110728182709.8a23ff2f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcNCJTaj=-dag3yPV-ebY%2BEjHTvxcFD0k3=NUYkLrkqbnA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ5UdcM-BbvZHdMLsNH0xckFhgL8z-PfcyB_Q-eTnrfhjYHtUg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcM70MQh35hgzF8DG0r0iW7Vwd1s7y6r62VbFMpBd3_dDA@mail.gmail.com> <CANmv3=zSYQ1NXNW8QXi8HS3N_0NjWf0b5Xm6WE5vyubPQ-6cAg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcNhFWRDpD1A0ADdmKUGUEB83s6hpgHUR8oew=LmFR12Eg@mail.gmail.com> <CANmv3=x5fakRvE8%2Bb8Xwa_yx6mCf_Uuhas7i73Pf2v=tXHB1Ew@mail.gmail.com> <CANmv3=wUmm=ZVmxGHtiX4M2tvAWeq0o5cwCE8A5Kxrd_Op9jYA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcP%2BzgboZ27Y=Ehbg82DOR1xpptA9FgReXNeqzFTc8u3Pg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcPejU0cmn5S_O2tFz=WrbwbG5fcVM9Xiq2V%2B_YMSFNF9Q@mail.gmail.com> <20110728151507.0c150f3c.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcO5AqZE6VWQykwN=LxcixKCHtkLXdSyNBWL-wqcNKw5gw@mail.gmail.com> <20110728171430.4b900bea.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcPMmaKQbV9TiQhnCfQNEyC7kgo6vDkhHfPcy64rU2uR7Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcMfwm8mSTBjr7JJ3K7fkUOKs5s2XhW2un7bCO6SvejH1g@mail.gmail.com> <20110728175744.3affff26.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcNCJTaj=-dag3yPV-ebY%2BEjHTvxcFD0k3=NUYkLrkqbnA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:06:47 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( > > > > Requires re-login, but reboot should also be fine. :-) > > Rebooted and firefox did not print :( Does it have some _overriding_ settings in its printer dialog? > Did not try these, as I reverted to .bashrc export PRINTER option. You said that bash's "echo $PRINTER" would show the correct name, so things should be fine. > This did work, the > $ lpr /etc/rc.conf > > [olivares@quadcore ~]$ echo $PRINTER > Deskjet > [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpq > no entries > [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpr /etc/rc.conf > [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpq > Deskjet is ready and printing > Rank Owner Job Files Total Size > 1st olivares 6 /etc/rc.conf 512 bytes > [olivares@quadcore ~]$ As it should be. The processing from "plain text" to whatever you need for the printer is done by the printer filter (e. g. ghostscript-based, apsfilter, CUPS, or something custom). > Firefox 5 does not have the properties option :( you mentioned. It > has File -> Page Setup, File -> Print Preview, File -> Print [General > -> Page Settings -> Options], but no properties to change printer > options :( Very strange. But then, Firefox should address the DEFAULT printer queue, which is the one $PRINTER points to. Maybe you can try to print from a different web browser, e. g. Opera, just for testing? > Thank you for the help, I am almost there, in fact I > can live with what I got :) There is a "workaround" for this, and the emphasize is on "work": You can have Firefox printing to a file instead to the $PRINTER. This file will be a postscript file. You can _then_ send this PS file (per lpr <file>) to the printer. :-) But I would really suggest to look into Firefox's settings. There must be something strange inside. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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