From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 06:03:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5781D16A41F for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 06:03:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krinklyfig@comcast.net) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [216.148.227.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18EEE43D45 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 06:03:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from krinklyfig@comcast.net) Received: from smogmonster.local (pcp0010916331pcs.albqrq01.nm.comcast.net[68.35.114.183]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2005120206034601300pjc73e>; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 06:03:46 +0000 From: Joshua Tinnin To: Micah Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:03:40 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <200512011228.28405.krinklyfig@comcast.net> <438FDD21.60807@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <438FDD21.60807@ywave.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200512012303.43293.krinklyfig@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: After Firefox upgrade, browser no longer prints without CUPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:03:47 -0000 On Thu 1 Dec 05 22:35, Micah wrote: > Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > What does Firefox use to recognize printers? Every other > > application recognizes and uses the generic UNIX lpd (with > > Ghostscript and hpdij), which is what Firefox used before I > > upgraded it to 1.5. Now it insists on using CUPS or PostScript. > > I've been Googling for two days and can't figure out how to get it > > back where it was. > > > > Have to say, I love FreeBSD, but printing is a serious hassle. > > Every time the smallest thing changes, it breaks and requires > > several days of maddening searching and tweaking to get it back the > > way it was. Am about to break down and get a print server, as this > > is way too much to deal with on a regular basis. > > Did you try printing using the "postscript/default" printer? If that > is broken, the "properties" button on the print window should allow > you to specify lpd as the print command. Yes, I tried this, although lpd is the daemon, right? It's already running through lpd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, in any event. I used lpr. It tells me the paper size is not supported by the printer (8.5"x11"), which is definitely not true. - jt