Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:35:29 -0800 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: After Firefox upgrade, browser no longer prints without CUPS Message-ID: <438FDD21.60807@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <200512011228.28405.krinklyfig@comcast.net>
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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. > > - jt 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. Later, Micahhome | help
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