Jeff et al, I have posted the scripts and a simple README at: http://www.elbnet.com/fanwood/scripts/printing
Please remember that is wasn't written for public consumption so please be kind! :-) It has served quiet well for over a year now. Pete -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Service, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'd definitely like to see them. The printer issues have all but ruined > by move from lotus smartsuite (running on windows terminal > server/metaframe) to all linux apps for office type work. > > I've tried to spend some time looking at printing solutions and havent > really come up with much. I've had kprinter,cups,xprint also reccomended. > I may be wrong, but does anyone know how could cups solve the problem? > Isn't it just a backend like lprng or does it have some gui stuff to > facilitate picking a printer too? > > While already off topic, anybody had any trouble getting openoffice to > print documents that were opened off the web or out of email? I havent > seen it happen with documents we've created, but almost everytime someone > opens something (ms office doc or xls) the document opens fine but will > not print. They get no errors, but no output either. It could be > something in the document, or maybe because its opened out of a temporary > file. > > I havent the slightest idea how to try to trace this down, and I also dont > understand how to navigate the issue database at openoffice.org. If folks > could print attachments out of openoffice(where you can already set up > multiple printers), a printer list in the other apps wouldn't be quite as > urgent. I also wonder if other apps could be set up to psprint (the > openoffice printer system), that way the printers could be set up at least > only twice :). It just seems like alot of redundancy just to duplicate > some simple functionality users already take for granted. > > In my opinion this is a huge issue with linux in general that needs to be > resolved. I'm sure this mailing list really isnt the place for either. > > -Jeff > > > Jeff, > > I wasn't following this thread so I am not 100% sure on what your > > trouble is so please forgive me if this is OT. > > > > I don't use xdialog, I use xmessage to pop a box that provides a user > > with a list of available printers based on which client they are on. > > Basically I replace lpr with a little script that grabs the print job > > and "pre"-spools it, asks what the user > > wants to do, then send it off to the real lpr. > > > > I do have the scripts available that I use if you want them. > > > > Pete > > -- > > http://www.elbnet.com > > ELB Internet Service, Inc. > > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting > > > > > > PS Julius: You are *supposed* to be on vacation! > > > > > > Julius Szelagiewicz wrote: > >> > >> Jeff, > >> no, but Peter Billson does, ad he is on this list and he has > >> shared them before :-) > >> > >> On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > Julius, > >> > I checked out xdialog's documentation. Definitely looks like a > >> workable solution to my woes. Got any sample scripts you want to > >> share? > >> > > > >> > >> Is there anyone on this list who has a bunch of printers set up > >> on their system, and any moron can pick a printer from a list > >> instead of typing lpr -P printer into a dialog box? > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! > >> Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and > >> the chance of winning an Apple iPod: > >> http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en > >> _____________________________________________________________________ > >> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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