[PC-BSD Testing] printing borked in 7.1
Kris Moore
kris at pcbsd.com
Tue Apr 21 13:35:44 PDT 2009
Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>> Can you test the following patch to confirm it fixes the issues on your
>> system? I don't have an HP printer here, so its difficult for me to test.
>>
>> # cd /PCBSD/local
>> # tar xvf cups-fix.tar
>> # /PCBSD/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart
>>
>>
>> If you can confirm this, please let me know, and I'll get an online update
>> made up right away.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>
> That patch worked for us, on a Brother printer, the only issue left is
> why the cups printer is not showing up in firefox's print dialog
>
> Sam Fourman Jr.
Thanks Sam! I've just issued the patch, which should correct these
issues with cups / foomatic / postscript.
BTW, FireFox3 doesn't support cups :( You have to select "lpr" and then
it brings up the gtklpr dialog, where you can select the valid cups
printer you want to use.
--
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
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