From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 24 14:22:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6644D106564A for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:22:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank.wissmann41@web.de) Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de (fmmailgate03.web.de [217.72.192.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 218488FC1F for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:22:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4807414E3838E; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:22:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [77.176.205.121] (helo=grissom.einundvierzig.org) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #4) id 1O5gFY-0007k9-00; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:22:28 +0200 Message-ID: <4BD2FECD.7070108@web.de> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:23:09 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Frank_Wi=DFmann?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091214) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block References: <4BD08236.8060706@web.de> <4BD09B9E.1040803@web.de> <4BD0B5CD.3050102@web.de> <4BD1F318.3000002@web.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: frank.wissmann41@web.de X-Sender: frank.wissmann41@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18XZdCNfdvRTgncUve2RnZ+OGffkZEF/IQ8TbiF lGnwoq+sAzqLh+Kmv9W8uXittibtDypd+E4Yjdjw2YvuFivonz 4XwphDn2yH3G18n2IbWA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with printing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: frank.wissmann41@web.de List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:22:43 -0000 Hi, folks! Warren Block schrieb: > On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Frank Wi?mann wrote: > >> The beast does it. At least, it does print from the command line like >> "cat /etc/rc.conf|lpr". > > Excellent. > >> The printer does not accept a job from a GUI application like >> "Firefox" or "Thunderbird". So how can I go on from now? > > That may be a function of the desktop environment. With xfce4, > Settings/Printing set to "BSD/LPR", Firefox prints fine. Well, I use KDE. But there seems to be set all to "printing BSD style/lpr". > Worst case, you can enter lpr in the Command Line box of the Firefox > printing dialog. Or /usr/bin/lpr if it's wrongly trying to run the CUPS > lpr. I tried that, but it only produces pages of source code when I start using "/usr/bin/lpr". Seems I should ask in a KDE-related newsgroup for that. Greetings Frank -- GU d- s:+ a+ C+>$ UBS>$ P L- !E--- W N+@ !o K--? !w--- O !M- !V- PS+ PE Y? !PGP- t+ 5 X !R tv- b++ DI !D G e h+ r- y? When pack meets pack in the jungle and no one will move from the trail wait till the leaders have spoken it may be fair words shall prevail (Rudyard Kipling)