Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 10:04:54PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > > Well, FWIW, have you worked out your printing problem? What are > > > you printing to in Netscape -- what's the command you're using? Any > > > error messages? Anything turn up in your print queue (lpq)? > > > > > > > No. I can print from the command line (using "lp foo"), but not from > > Netscape or Abiword. > > When I click on File/Print within Netscape, the printer dialog box pops up, > > and the "Print > > to" option is set to "Printer", and the "Print Command" is set to "lpr". > > > > As soon as I click on the "Print" button, I switch to a terminal window and > > do an "lpq", > > which reports that there are "no printable jobs in queue". > > Can you print postscript files (lpr blabla.ps)? When not install magicfilter > + ghostcript packages. > > Mire
I believe you've found the problem. I "printed" to a file instead of to a printer from within Netscape, and then lpr'd the resulting netscape.ps file (I viewed the netscape.ps file first; at a brief lookover it looks like a valid poastscript file). I got the same nothing I get when trying to print to a printer from Netscape. So apparently I can't print postscript files. However, I have the newest magicfilter installed (according to apt, pointed at potato), and ghostscript appears to not be available in potato: I get a message about it not having an available version although it is in the database, which means it may be obsolete. Thanks for getting me to the next level of troubleshooting, Mire; I appreciate it!
