Re: [evince] A question about printers
In message <20190607231758.7tb2olxu37daa...@aquaticape.us>, Jason Crain wrote: >Evince does not itself search for printers. It uses Gtk APIs for the >print dialog. > >https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk3-High-level-Printing-API.html > >Sorry, but I don't know how Gtk finds printers. That's OK. Thanks anyway, and nevermind. I've since found out that I was just botching my attempts to add my printer via the fancy-schmancy cupsd web admin interface. I am still working through that problem, but at least now I have a much better clue about where the real problem(s) is/are. (CUPS apparently has all of the info it needs in order to support many Brother[tm] brand printers, right out of the box. Mine, alas, is not among this set.) ___ evince-list mailing list evince-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evince-list
Re: [evince] A question about printers
On 2019-06-07, "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: > How does Evince become aware of the set of available printers and their > names? Is there a specific file someplace in the filesystem that holds > this list? Or is there some specific API by which it is obtained by the > applications that need it, e.g. Evince, Firefox, etc. ? Evince does not itself search for printers. It uses Gtk APIs for the print dialog. https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk3-High-level-Printing-API.html Sorry, but I don't know how Gtk finds printers. ___ evince-list mailing list evince-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evince-list
[evince] A question about printers
Greetings, I have a question. It is not really about evince, per se, but I think that you folks may perhaps be able to tell me that answer, and that would be quite helpful. I'm trying to set up a fresh new FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE system and the support for my specific printer (Brother MFC-7860DW) is either broken or non-existant on this OS. That's unfortunate, especially given that this same networked printer is, and was, supported right out of the box on my old Ubuntu Linux 16.04 system. At the moment, I'm just trying to figure out what the mechanism is by which various applications, e.g. Evince, Firefox, etc. normally determine the set of printers that are present and available, i.e. the ones that are then offered to the user as alternatives in the print menu when a print operation is requested. How does Evince become aware of the set of available printers and their names? Is there a specific file someplace in the filesystem that holds this list? Or is there some specific API by which it is obtained by the applications that need it, e.g. Evince, Firefox, etc. ? ___ evince-list mailing list evince-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evince-list
