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Subject: Re: Firefox and Abiword don't see my printer
From: Andreas Kahari <andreas.kahari () gmail ! com>
Date: 2009-01-28 14:07:04
Message-ID: 50b24d690901280607h6dbe23b9yd404706457277335 () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/1/28 Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@bsdfrog.org>:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Shagbag OpenBSD wrote:
>
>> I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem. I have an HP LaserJet
>> 1018 printer attached to my linux server on which I am running the p910nd
>> daemon. My OpenBSD (4.4-RELEASE) laptop has cups installed and cups can see
>> the printer (ie. when I look for printers in Firefox at
>> http://localhost:631I can see the printer listed as operating). I
>> have compiled the foo2zjs
>> printer driver (needed for the HPLJ1018) on my OpenBSD laptop without any
>> problems.
>>
>> However, Firefox (File > Print) only shows 'Print to File' in my list of
>> printers and AbiWord (File > Print) only shows 'Create a PDF document' and
>> 'Generic Postscript'. Neither gives any option for my HPLJ1018. I have the
>> ePDFview package installed on my OpenBSD laptop and, surprisingly, it
>> recognises the printer and I have no problems printing from it.
>>
>> Has anyone experienced this problem and knows the answer? Why does ePDFview
>> work while Firefox and AbiWord don't? How do I get them to work?
>
> Try installing the gtk-*-cups package to see if it makes a difference.
Although I didn't have a problem with this (quite happy to
print-to-file), installing x11/gtk+2,-cups made a difference in that I
now see the CUPS printers in the Firefox print dialog. I'm happy I
tried your suggestion.
Regards,
Andreas
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Andreas Kahari
Somewhere in the general Cambridge area, UK
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