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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Printing from thunderbird/firefox
From:       Michael Friendly <friendly () yorku ! ca>
Date:       2005-02-28 20:53:24
Message-ID: 422384C4.1070000 () yorku ! ca
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Hmm,

# dpkg-reconfigure xprt-common
Stopping Xprint servers: xprt

But then I wait ~5 min. with no response before bailing out with ^C

Eric Gaumer wrote:

> Martin J Hooper wrote:
> 
>> Michael Friendly wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using gnome 2.8/debian unstable with the latest firefox and
>>> thunderbird.  When I try to print, the default printer in my
>>> printer panel is 'lex720@:64' and using it prints tiny (1/4 size)
>>> pages one up.
>>>
>>> using about:config reveals:
>>>
>>>
>>> print.printer_lex720@:64.print_command   user set   string   lpr
>>> ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P}$MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
>>>
>>> What can I do or change so that printing works correctly? With
>>> mozilla, there was the same printer entry, with the same behavior,
>>> but there was also a 'Postscript default' printer that had the
>>> correct behavior.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Are you using KDE?  If so try changing the print command to kprinter
>> --stdin which will then run the KDE Printing dialog instead of using
>> the settings from Firefox...
>>
> 
> I had similar problems but the reverse effect. My text was huge. I 
> reconfigured xprt-common
> to 300dpi and all was well. It had been at 600dpi.
> 
> ]$ dpkg-reconfigure xprt-common
> 
> 
> -- 
> "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned 
> in school."
>     - Albert Einstein

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