Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:49:39 -0800 From: Michael Dunham <m.dunham@connectingteams.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Printing as a user - FreeBSD, Apsfilter, KDE Message-ID: <200310291149.39729.m.dunham@connectingteams.com>
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hello.. I am using FreeBSD as my desktop. I'm looking for help to print as a user= =20 from KDE. I can generate a test print from Apsfilter just fine in the shel= l=20 using the setup script. I think I either do not have a spooler set up right, or a permission perhap= s. I also don't really know what I should select for the printer in KDE or if there should be a command line entry. I did have the sample lp setup in my printcap file at one point, currently that is commented out. I'm Running: FreeBSD =E2=80=93 Current (5.1) Printer Canon BJC-610 Parallel /dev/lp0 LPD on start up Ghostscript-gnu As SU checking for the lpt: freebie# dmesg | grep lpt lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port freebie# ls -l /dev/lpt0 crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Oct 29 09:09 /dev/lpt0 =46rom Apsfilter setup: Checking permissions of /usr/local/share/apsfilter found dir owner=3Droot, ok! found dir group=3Dwheel, ok! changing permissions of /usr/local/share/apsfilter... done. Now we are checking file permissions in spooldir Your line printer scheduler's spooldir seems to be: /var/spool/lpd drwxrwxrwx 2 root daemon 512 Oct 17 01:25 /var/spool/lpd The Owner of your spooldir seems to be: root The Group of your spooldir seems to be: daemon =46irst time through on test print returns a printer busy and resets printer Second time through works fine I reset printers as suggested in setup =46rom KDE 3.1.4 using OpenOffice =E2=80=93 Writer, from open document selected =E2=80=9CGeneric Printer.=E2=80=9D Windows fly by but nothing happens. As I understand it, generic printer should be lpd and should be captured by Apsfilter. using Kmail, selected print through external program, ps (only possible selection: postscript printer, reports idle, accepting jobs), print command line empty. Reports generating print file, then: A print error occured. Error message received from system: Empty print command. Using Kmail, selecting Generic LPD print system, no device, no option to print Using Kmail, cannot select LPR/LPRng (port not installed at this time, will not compile on 5.1) =E2=80=93 not an Apsfilter issue obviously. Using KDE Control Center, peripherals, printer Print Through External Program, PS_printer (only device available) Unable to send, empty print command Any help or config file to check would be greatly appreciated. =2D- Regards, MIKE... Make your Information your KnowlEDGE Michael L. Dunham Principal Consultant Connecting Teams 2333 La Lima Way Sacramento, CA 95833 Phone: 707-780-3019 email: m.dunham@connectingteams.com webpage: http://www.connectingteams.com
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