[Tfug] cups printing woes

[erich]

Hmmm,
                Adobe Reader you say. Is this a MS box running over a 
network to a CUPS
server? I print *.pdf's no problem, but, of course, I use ghostview.

                                                                                                           
Erich
christopher floess wrote:
> First off, this is a freebsd system.
>
> Ok, I'm at my wit's end here. I'm trying to set up cups, and although,
> it will print from firefox, it will not print Adobe Reader. I haven't
> tried from any other apps, but right now I just need to print some
> pdfs.
>
> The error I get is: lpr: lp: unknown printer
>
> This link, suggests that the printer is not found in the lp database.
> Which seems to make sense.
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds3/lpr.htm
>
> but I don't know how to get around this. It's interesting to note that
> in kpdf, I can get things to print by choosing cups in the 'print
> system' to use dialog in file --> print.
>
> So it seems like that's where the disconnect is. I know that lp is the
> default printer, and that in printcap, at least one printer should
> have that as its name.
>
> since thanks to cups, these changes aren't permanent, this isn't a
> solution either. Besides, I tried editing this file anyway, but it
> didn't work. I also tried using lpoptions to set the default printer,
> first to lp and then to the name of the printer, but adobe reader
> still gave the same message.
>
> my guess is that the two programs are searching for printers in two
> different places. The question is, how to fix it though. A solution to
> this might also solve, why I can't print from openoffice and why I
> can't print opera.
>
> As a final note, I only have one printer and it is set as the default in cups.
>
> Thanks for any help ~ Chris
>
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