Thanks, Ghee. I'll use that workaround. A good reason to upgrade to B79 when it's ready!
Ghee Teo wrote: > There is an evince bug which stop you from printig in b77/78. > It is fixed in B79. > Meanwhile, you might to try to generate postscript from evince and > use lp to print the postscript file. > > -Ghee > > Mark F Villa wrote: >> I would have known that if I had RTFM. >> >> I see where you're going so I tried this: >> >> -- >> lpadmin -p 8100_series -n >> /usr/share/ppd/SUNWfoomatic/HP/HP-PhotoSmart_7150-hpijs.ppd.gz >> --- >> >> There is and never has been an '8150' PPD - the actual model is an >> HP8150 PhotoSmart. >> In the past, I selected '7150' from 'Print Manager'. >> >> Once I changed the PPD, the commands started running, although >> printing from 'evince' isn't working >> yet. >> >> The funny thing is, when I tried this on a different (forgotten name) >> HP printer, it seemed >> to get the correct model but >> >> Anyway, this got me going. Thanks for the help! >> >> >> Norm Jacobs wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I actually meant to use the name of your print queue >>> "8100_series" in place of the word "queue", normally I would have >>> written that as (queue). Anyway, what do you get from >>> $ lpstat -p 8100_series -l 2 >>> >>> -Norm >>> >>> Mark F Villa wrote: >>> >>>> Norm - >>>> >>>> Here's what it shows. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the quick response! >>>> >>>> - Mark >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>> me2: ~ > /usr/lib/lp/bin/printer-info -a /dev/printers/* >>>> >>>> /dev/printers/0: I/O error >>>> /dev/printers/1: >>>> Manufacturer: HP >>>> Model: Photosmart 8100 series >>>> Description: 8150 >>>> Class: PRINTER >>>> Command set: >>>> cmd[0]: MLC >>>> cmd[1]: PCL >>>> cmd[2]: PML >>>> cmd[3]: DW-PCL >>>> cmd[4]: DESKJET >>>> cmd[5]: DYN >>>> >>>> >>>> me2: ~ > lpstat -p queue -l 2 >>>> queue: unknown printer >>>> >>>> >>>> me2: ~ > lpstat -t >>>> scheduler is running >>>> system default printer: 8100_series >>>> device for 8100_series: /dev/printers/1 >>>> 8100_series accepting requests since Thu Nov 29 22:53:56 2007 >>>> printer 8100_series idle. enabled since Thu Nov 29 22:53:56 2007. >>>> available. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Norm Jacobs wrote: >>>> >>>>> I wouldn't expect you to get garbage when you print from FireFox >>>>> to your printer. It sounds like the wrong PPD file was associated >>>>> with the queue for your printer. What kind of printer do you >>>>> have? How is the queue configured? >>>>> If it's Parallel or USB attached >>>>> # /usr/lib/lp/bin/printer-info -a /dev/printers/* >>>>> The queue configuration can be gotten with >>>>> # lpstat -p queue -l 2 >>>>> >>>>> -Norm >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mark F Villa wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Autodiscovery of printing *seems* to work, but when I try >>>>>> to print something from FireFox, which only knows about a >>>>>> 'Generic Postscript' >>>>>> printer, it prints out garbage. I assume it's expecting HPCL (I >>>>>> have an >>>>>> HP printer). When attempted a direct 'lp' print of a UTF-8 file, >>>>>> the printout >>>>>> appears to be missing non-ASCII fonts. >>>>>> >>>>>> Both of these commands worked in nv75. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any suggestions? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> printing-discuss mailing list >>>>>> printing-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> printing-discuss mailing list >> printing-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >
