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From: Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de>
To: Gentoo-User ML <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can't print from firefox, but CUPS says OK, also poppler
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:29:09
Message-Id: 20090423092826.19bd6691@marcec.huntemann.uni-oldenburg.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] can't print from firefox, but CUPS says OK, also poppler by Allan Gottlieb
1 Am Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:29:09 -0400
2 schrieb Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>:
3
4 > At Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:18:58 -0400 Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:
5 >
6 > > For some reason printing from firefox has stopped working.
7 > > When I ^P or file-->print and select a printer (there are two),
8 > > the "print" button is greyed out. With "print to file", the button is
9 > > live and the pdf file is successfully created
10 > >
11 > > I can print via lpr.
12 > >
13 > > If, in firefox, I goto localhost:631 (the cups home page on this machine),
14 > > I can print test pages to either machine.
15 > >
16 > > Is there a way I can ask firefox to tell me why the print button is
17 > > greyed out?
18 >
19 > Some further information.
20 > Evince has the same situation, "print" is greyed out.
21 >
22 > I have the newest stable poppler/evince installed and recall that
23 > have upgraded poppler recently. Should I be downgrading.
24 >
25 > Below is the output of eix -I poppler -o evince
26 >
27 > thanks,
28 > allan
29 >
30 [snip]
31
32 See bug #266678, especially comment #8. A revision bump of cups ought to be
33 under way.
34
35
36 HTH
37 --
38 Marc Joliet
39 --
40 Lt. Frank Drebin: "It's true what they say: cops and women don't mix. Like
41 eating a spoonful of Drāno; sure, it'll clean you out, but it'll leave you
42 hollow inside."

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Re: [gentoo-user] can't print from firefox, but CUPS says OK, also poppler Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>