Printing from Thunderbird
I have Thunderbird installed on my new 8.1 box, and although I am able to print from within the program, the only way I can do it is to type the whole print command from within the print window. In my case that means typing: lpr -PPhotoshop7760 I have tried to figure a way of configuring the printer to load automatically by modifying the advanced options, but so far, no luck. The printer is installed via CUPS, and seems to be functioning perfectly. If anyone has been able to modify the options configuration setup to make printing easier I would love to see how you did it. Cheers... Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Thunderbird
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:23:46 -0700, Rem P Roberti remeg...@comcast.net wrote: I have Thunderbird installed on my new 8.1 box, and although I am able to print from within the program, the only way I can do it is to type the whole print command from within the print window. In my case that means typing: lpr -PPhotoshop7760 I have tried to figure a way of configuring the printer to load automatically by modifying the advanced options, but so far, no luck. The printer is installed via CUPS, and seems to be functioning perfectly. If anyone has been able to modify the options configuration setup to make printing easier I would love to see how you did it. You can set the environmental variable $PRINTER according to the name of the default printer. In my case, I have setenv PRINTER Laserjet in my /etc/csh.cshrc (for system-wide use). Now all lp* commands will default to that printer, and printing from within applications that use lpr's stdin will also work. PS: I'm not using CUPS, but apsfilter, which is the little brother of CUPS, to translate printing data to PCL and have duplex settings for my HP Laserjet 4000 duplex. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Thunderbird
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:23:46 -0700, Rem P Robertiremeg...@comcast.net wrote: I have Thunderbird installed on my new 8.1 box, and although I am able to print from within the program, the only way I can do it is to type the whole print command from within the print window. In my case that means typing: lpr -PPhotoshop7760 I have tried to figure a way of configuring the printer to load automatically by modifying the advanced options, but so far, no luck. The printer is installed via CUPS, and seems to be functioning perfectly. If anyone has been able to modify the options configuration setup to make printing easier I would love to see how you did it. You can set the environmental variable $PRINTER according to the name of the default printer. In my case, I have setenv PRINTER Laserjet in my /etc/csh.cshrc (for system-wide use). Now all lp* commands will default to that printer, and printing from within applications that use lpr's stdin will also work. PS: I'm not using CUPS, but apsfilter, which is the little brother of CUPS, to translate printing data to PCL and have duplex settings for my HP Laserjet 4000 duplex. Ah-ha! In my case I am using the bash shell, and I believe the syntax that is needed for the .bashrc is different than what is used in your csh.cshrc. Any idea where I can find the appropriate syntax for variables stored within .bashrc? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Thunderbird
On 08/20/2010 11:29 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: Ah-ha! In my case I am using the bash shell, and I believe the syntax that is needed for the .bashrc is different than what is used in your csh.cshrc. Any idea where I can find the appropriate syntax for variables stored within .bashrc? export PRINTER=Photoshop7760 bash(1) has extensive documentation; as bash is a superset of the bourne shell included in base, sh(1) is likewise useful for reference. -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net cyber...@cyberleo.net Furry Peace! - http://.fur.com/peace/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Thunderbird
On 08/20/10 21:35, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: On 08/20/2010 11:29 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: Ah-ha! In my case I am using the bash shell, and I believe the syntax that is needed for the .bashrc is different than what is used in your csh.cshrc. Any idea where I can find the appropriate syntax for variables stored within .bashrc? export PRINTER=Photoshop7760 bash(1) has extensive documentation; as bash is a superset of the bourne shell included in base, sh(1) is likewise useful for reference. Well...I kind of thought that the export variable was the correct one to use, and I entered : export PRINTER=Photosmart7760 into both my .bashrc and .bash_profile, but no dice. The printer neither shows up in Thunderbird or Firefox ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Thunderbird
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:44:37 -0700, Rem P Roberti remeg...@comcast.net wrote:
On 08/20/10 21:35, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote:
On 08/20/2010 11:29 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote:
Ah-ha! In my case I am using the bash shell, and I believe the syntax
that is needed for the .bashrc is different than what is used in your
csh.cshrc. Any idea where I can find the appropriate syntax for
variables stored within .bashrc?
export PRINTER=Photoshop7760
bash(1) has extensive documentation; as bash is a superset of the bourne
shell included in base, sh(1) is likewise useful for reference.
Well...I kind of thought that the export variable was the correct
one to use, and I entered :
export PRINTER=Photosmart7760
into both my .bashrc and .bash_profile, [...]
This is correct, but keep in mind that this setting will be
a per-user only setting, allthough it should be sufficient.
With
$ echo $PRINTER
you can always check for it.
[...] but no dice. The printer
neither shows up in Thunderbird or Firefox
I checked in my Firefox (version 2): The printer's name is just
PostScript/Default, and when I click Properties, the following
print command is listed:
lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
In my case, this strangely works, as I don't have $MOZ_PRINTER_NAME
defined anywhere. You can try to simplify the setting to just be
lpr
which should then default to $PRINTER. You can also test the
intended behaviour with an example like
lpr /etc/rc.conf
which should then - without any trouble - output /etc/rc.conf to
the printer.
From my understanding: When Firefox prints, it sends the data
to lpr per pipe. Checking the printer queue right after ^P will
lead to something like this:
% lpq
Laserjet is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1stpoly 982 (standard input) 484630 bytes
Now as $PRINTER is defined, you don't need -P anymore for all
the lp* tools - only if you want to override the default (e. g.
as I use -PLaserjet-nodup if I intendedly want to force non-duplex
single-sided printing).
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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Re: Printing from Thunderbird
On 08/20/10 22:01, Polytropon wrote:
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:44:37 -0700, Rem P Robertiremeg...@comcast.net wrote:
On 08/20/10 21:35, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote:
On 08/20/2010 11:29 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote:
Ah-ha! In my case I am using the bash shell, and I believe the syntax
that is needed for the .bashrc is different than what is used in your
csh.cshrc. Any idea where I can find the appropriate syntax for
variables stored within .bashrc?
export PRINTER=Photoshop7760
bash(1) has extensive documentation; as bash is a superset of the bourne
shell included in base, sh(1) is likewise useful for reference.
Well...I kind of thought that the export variable was the correct
one to use, and I entered :
export PRINTER=Photosmart7760
into both my .bashrc and .bash_profile, [...]
This is correct, but keep in mind that this setting will be
a per-user only setting, allthough it should be sufficient.
With
$ echo $PRINTER
you can always check for it.
[...] but no dice. The printer
neither shows up in Thunderbird or Firefox
I checked in my Firefox (version 2): The printer's name is just
PostScript/Default, and when I click Properties, the following
print command is listed:
lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
In my case, this strangely works, as I don't have $MOZ_PRINTER_NAME
defined anywhere. You can try to simplify the setting to just be
lpr
which should then default to $PRINTER. You can also test the
intended behaviour with an example like
lpr /etc/rc.conf
which should then - without any trouble - output /etc/rc.conf to
the printer.
From my understanding: When Firefox prints, it sends the data
to lpr per pipe. Checking the printer queue right after ^P will
lead to something like this:
% lpq
Laserjet is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1stpoly 982 (standard input) 484630 bytes
Now as $PRINTER is defined, you don't need -P anymore for all
the lp* tools - only if you want to override the default (e. g.
as I use -PLaserjet-nodup if I intendedly want to force non-duplex
single-sided printing).
My bad. Adding the above variable to .bashrc does indeed result in the
desired effect. For some reason I thought that the printer as named was
actually going to shop up in the print menu. Thunderbird and Firefox
are now printing fine, and I can print any text file simply by using the
lpr command.
Thank you all.
Cheers...
Rem
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Re: Printing from Thunderbird
On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:15:08 -0700, Rem P Roberti remeg...@comcast.net wrote: [...] I can print any text file simply by using the lpr command. There is more (at least when using apsfilter, but CUPS should be capable of this, too): You can print ANY file using the lpr command, e. g. lpr somepicture.jpg or even lpr myprogram.c in which the printout may have been added pretty printing with different styles for keywords, strings, preprocessor directives and so on. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
