acrobat reader printing issue-SOLVED
I am running SUSE 9.3 and acrobat reader 7.01 . When I pull up a PDF file in acrobat and select the print button it prints to my dot matrix printer using /usr/bin/lp . I cannot see any settings in acrobat reader to set a default printer. My system default printer is my Epson 880, using Cups. What do I insert into that ( in the acrobat printing dialog box) to make it print using Cups, or how do I go about changing it to use Cups?? well, I answered my own question. I found an email that mentions lpr -P<printer-queue> and that did it: The CUPS client software installs an lpr replacement program that works with CUPS. The /usr/bin/lpr should work fine if you want to print to your default printer. To print to another printer, use: /usr/bin/lpr -P<print-queue-name> so I changed my printer line from: /usr/bin/lp TO: /usr/bin/lpr -P epson and Acrobat now prints to my default Epson printer ( printer name epson) -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
El Miércoles, 7 de Septiembre de 2005 12:48, Paul Cartwright escribió:
I am running SUSE 9.3 and acrobat reader 7.01 . When I pull up a PDF file in acrobat and select the print button it prints to my dot matrix printer using /usr/bin/lp . I cannot see any settings in acrobat reader to set a default printer. My system default printer is my Epson 880, using Cups. What do I insert into that ( in the acrobat printing dialog box) to make it print using Cups, or how do I go about changing it to use Cups??
well, I answered my own question. I found an email that mentions lpr -P<printer-queue> and that did it:
The CUPS client software installs an lpr replacement program that works with CUPS. The /usr/bin/lpr should work fine if you want to print to your default printer. To print to another printer, use:
/usr/bin/lpr -P<print-queue-name>
so I changed my printer line from: /usr/bin/lp TO: /usr/bin/lpr -P epson
and Acrobat now prints to my default Epson printer ( printer name epson)
If you are using KDE, you can also enter kprinter as your printer command, and you will have more choices and flexibility. Regards. -- Alfredo J. Cole Grupo ACyC
On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 14:48 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
I am running SUSE 9.3 and acrobat reader 7.01 . When I pull up a PDF file in acrobat and select the print button it prints to my dot matrix printer using /usr/bin/lp . I cannot see any settings in acrobat reader to set a default printer. My system default printer is my Epson 880, using Cups. What do I insert into that ( in the acrobat printing dialog box) to make it print using Cups, or how do I go about changing it to use Cups??
well, I answered my own question. I found an email that mentions lpr -P<printer-queue> and that did it:
The CUPS client software installs an lpr replacement program that works with CUPS. The /usr/bin/lpr should work fine if you want to print to your default printer. To print to another printer, use:
/usr/bin/lpr -P<print-queue-name>
so I changed my printer line from: /usr/bin/lp TO: /usr/bin/lpr -P epson
and Acrobat now prints to my default Epson printer ( printer name epson)
-- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
An even easier solution is to use /opt/kde3/bin/kprinter This will bring up kprinter and allow you to select which printer you want to use. Especially handy when you want to print a manual to a duplex printer. :-)
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I am running SUSE 9.3 and acrobat reader 7.01 . When I pull up a PDF file in acrobat and select the print button it prints to my dot matrix printer using /usr/bin/lp . I cannot see any settings in acrobat reader to set a default printer. My system default printer is my Epson 880, using Cups. What do I insert into that ( in the acrobat printing dialog box) to make it print using Cups, or how do I go about changing it to use Cups??
Notice that both lp and lpr belongs to the cups package (if installed), and both have options to select destination. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFDH11ktTMYHG2NR9URAjxpAJ9KwW2UgQKBRl/FQoP0wyF6S49SZgCdFr9M L8RtE3oUBve85cFeyEG/ITs= =YGSk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Paul Cartwright