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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 3.5.6 doesn't see my CUPS printers
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:53:36
Message-Id: hiamq7$vh9$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 3.5.6 doesn't see my CUPS printers by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 01/09/2010 07:42 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > On 8 Jan, walt wrote:
3 >> On 01/08/2010 04:18 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
4 >>> Hi,
5 >>>
6 >>> Firefox (www-client/firefox-bin-3.5.6) doesn't see my CUPS printers
7 >>> anymore.
8 >>> It just shows "Any Printer" and lateron "Print to LPR"
9 >>
10 >> My cups printers are specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Does that
11 >> file have appropriate printer info in it?
12 >>
13 >>
14 > Yes, it contains several printers.
15 > And these can be used by other software without problems.
16
17 Ah, that's an important piece of information you left out before.
18
19 Firefox is looking at localhost:631 I assume? What happens if you use
20 different browser, like epiphany, or konqeror, or even lynx?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: firefox 3.5.6 doesn't see my CUPS printers Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>