Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:03:47 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xpdf can not print via cups if started from firefox Message-ID: <4D766F83.6060404@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103080850170.9758@wonkity.com> References: <4D75EB04.7090704@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103080850170.9758@wonkity.com>
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On 03/08/11 16:51, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> I've got a weird problem here. Very often I download scientific papers >> as pdf from protals and they got opened via firefox3 with the >> configured propper utility, in this case xpdf. In such a case, >> printing is impossible. I hit the print button, a popup shows up with >> the configured CUPS printing queue, but hitting OK doesn't have any >> effect. The funny thing is: when opening the same PDF (it is stored in >> /tmp/) with xpdf by starting xpdf from a terminal, printing on the >> same queue works well. > > In your .xpdfrc, do you specify a full path to the CUPS lpr? No, I do not. And while making this confession, I'll change this as soon as possible and report back. I guess this is a very good hint ... Oliver
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