I KDE there is a switchb at the lower border of the windows (both Print Manager and kprinter). It must be set to "CUPS - Common Unix Printing System". Most non-KDE applications call "lpr" and so they should work.
If you have still applications not printing, try to obtain additional information about the behaviour of the printing system following the instructions on http://www.cups.org/cups-help.html Till Frederic Soulier wrote: > Hi > > I had printing using CUPS on an Epson Stylus Photo 870 perfectly setup > and working since I installed LM9.0 and but now this is what happens: > > > $ lpq > EP870_1 is ready > no entries > > $ lpr .bash_profile (prints it OK) > > $ lpr -PEP870_1 .bash_profile (prints it OK) > > > Any attempt to print a test page from KDE Control Center (Print Manager) > or from Mandrake Control Center does not work... > I can see the job being queue ($ lpq) but it never prints. > > - Using kprinter is also a no go. > - Printing from applications is a no go as well. > - Printing from http://localhost:631/ is a no-go > > In all these situations where it does not print I can see the job being > queue using "lpq" or "lpq -PEP870_1" > > So the only way to print right now is to use lpr from the command > line... > > The Printer is setup to allow all users to print. It's setup as a local > printer URI: file:/dev/usb/lp0 > > > What's wrong? > > /Fred > >
