Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:09:40 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Rod Person <rodperson@rodperson.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing from Opera Message-ID: <20110824170940.4cd812d2.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110824065534.9f50178f.rodperson@rodperson.com> References: <20110824095841.0f614b67.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110824065534.9f50178f.rodperson@rodperson.com>
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:55:34 -0400, Rod Person wrote: > On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:58:41 +0200 > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > My question to the list now: > > > > Did anybody get Opera working with CUPS or (better) > > without it? Maybe did I miss something important at > > installation time? > > > > I've been printing from Opera using this method > http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/481/ Which version of Opera are you using? I have 11.50/1047 installed; the page you refered to states: Opera for Linux uses Qt to handle the printing. Qt looks in /etc/printcap for available printers, so make sure your printers are listed there. Printers are listed, but they don't appear in the "Printers" list. Then: If you are having problems printing, try adding a custom printer under the "Options" tab in File > Print. This is not possible, as the Options tab doesn't have any function to add a printer. This is what it looks like: +-------------- Print --------------+ | _________ | |_Destination____| Options |________| | | | Paper and Orientation | | A4 (210 x 297 mm) v | | Portrait v | | | | Scale print to 100% v | | [J] Fit to paper width | | | | [ ] Print page background | | [ ] Print headers and footers | | | | Color | | ( ) Print in color if available | | (o) Print in grayscale | | | | Page margins (in centimeters) | | Top 1.00 Bottom 1.00 | | Left 1.00 Right 1.00 | |___________________________________| | | | [ Print] [ Cancel ] [ Apply ] | +-----------------------------------+ There is no means to add a printer. I also checked the Registry... erm... the Configuration editor "opera:config", with the search string "print". Even though the key "PrinterName" is defined as $PRINTER, which points to "Laserjet" (the default printer queue that all other programs can use too), there is no command that could be entered (like "lpr -PLaserjet"), sonsisting of a printer program and a parameter, as described in the article mentioned on top. > Since you have a good printer that doesn't need a CUPS you probably can > skip that and just make sure tp have the correct /etc/printcap I have a correct /etc/rintcap for more than 20 years now, and I never encountered such a situation that cannot be explained or understood... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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