Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:58:48 -0500 From: Steven Lake <steven.lake@corecomm.com> To: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing problems with Mozilla and Firefox on Freebsd 5.3 Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20051218145804.01cac8c8@pop.voyager.net> In-Reply-To: <43A5B143.30102@ywave.com> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20051218120850.00bf96f0@pop.voyager.net> <200512181015.18357.steven.lake@voyager.net> <200512181015.18357.steven.lake@voyager.net> <5.2.0.9.2.20051218120850.00bf96f0@pop.voyager.net>
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At 10:58 AM 12/18/2005 -0800, Micah wrote:
>Steven Lake wrote:
>>At 07:30 PM 12/18/2005 +0300, Andrew P. wrote:
>>
>>>On 12/18/05, Steven Lake <steven.lake@voyager.net> wrote:
>>> > Ok, got a weird one here. Got cups setup with our
>>> > new office lan printer and I can print just fine from any
>>> > program, EXCEPT Mozilla and Firefox. They go through
>>> > the motions, but nothing happens. Nothing shows up in
>>> > the que or the access or error logs or anything. Am I
>>> > missing something? My research via google into this
>>> > found me several pages that mentioned something about
>>> > 'msttcorefonts', but after some playing with this they don't
>>> > seem to be installable on freebsd. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>I think x11-fonts/webfonts may be referenced as msttcorefonts
>>>in other distributions. I can't explain why, but try to install the
>>>print/gtklp port and change the print command in firefox to
>>>gtklp.
>>
>> Installed webfonts and gtklp and restarted x and no go still.
>>:( One thing I did notice is that all the others go to a normal print
>>window, but the two browsers go to some custom printing screen and say
>>something about "postscript/printer_name" instead of the normal KDE cups
>>installed printer. Would that possibly cause part of the issue?
>
>Firefox isn't a KDE app, so by default is uses /usr/bin/lpr unless you
>specifically set it to use another print interface. Unfortunately Firefox
>1.5's whole printing system is pretty buggy right now - almost to the
>point of unusability on my system. If it was working properly you'd go
>File->Print select the printer you want to edit, click Properties and set
>the command to either /usr/local/bin/lpr (for the lpr interface to CUPS)
>or kprinter (for the KDE interface to CUPS). Unfortunately this official
>method is not working for me. I've had to edit the prefs.js directly in
>order to maintain printing ability.
>
>HTH,
>Micah
WOOT! I used kprinter and it's working! Thanks!! :)
Steven Lake
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