Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:21:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Karl Agee <kdagee2@yahoo.com> To: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Printing Problem Message-ID: <20061006212104.97156.qmail@web31503.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20061006211317.17348.qmail@web35313.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--- Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- Karl Agee <kdagee2@yahoo.com> wrote: > > uname -a > > FreeBSD enterprise.myhome.westell.com > 6.2-PRERELEASE > > FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #4: Mon Oct 2 08:40:06 PDT > > 2006 > > > root@enterprise.myhome.westell.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC.20060916 > > i386 > > > > I cannot print from some applications, namely xpdf > > and > > evince. I am trying to print pdf's from these as > > printing in adobe reader 7 is disabled. I have > cups > > installed and running and I can > > print from firefox and openoffice.org. > > > > In both xpdf and evince, the print dialog gives me > a > > prompt for a printing command, not a printer to > > choose. This is a brother laser which is > supported. > > > > This is a usb printer, lpstat shows: > > > > lpstat -p -d > > printer Brother_Laser is idle. enabled since Jan > 01 > > 00:00 > > system default destination: Brother_Laser > > > > /var/log/messages shows: > > > > Oct 6 08:45:56 enterprise lpd[11501]: /dev/lp: No > > such file or directory > > > > anything I can do to get printing in these apps to > > work? > > > > Did you remember to move or delete the lp* files > from > /usr/bin/ so that they don't conflict with the cups > versions in /usr/local/bin/ ? > > Andrew L. Gould > Andrew: thanks for the reply. No, I didnt do that--what happened is lp got whacked at some point and I just re-ran apsfilter to set it back up, now I am printing again. 8-) --Karl __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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