Make sure that the page spec is set to letter and not A4. Found that a few years ago with a HP LJ4. Jonathan Paul Cowherd Linux and Java Administrator Genscape, Inc. Email: jonathan.cowherd@genscape.com Office: (502) 583-3730 Mobile: (502) 314-0444 -----Original Message----- From: jaakko tamminen [mailto:jaakko.tamminen@co.inet.fi] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 4:16 PM To: SuSE Subject: Re: [SLE] My patience has run out On Wednesday 30 October 2002 23:32, Chris Carlen wrote:
Kevin McLauchlan wrote:
my timesheets, I actually include things like "nine hours trying to get printing to work from Linux... and failing"...?? Not on your life. I'm sure that
I agree 100% We have Linux-router / printer server in the office where I'm working. It has been up and running closer to 300 days now. No reboot, no problems with routing/hackers/mails/proxy... But the lprng printing stuff still prints out an extra form after every printing job. I have printed out (!) the full lprg manual (close to 300 pages), gone thru that, but there is just no help whatsoever. That is just so childish not to have a correction for that kind of simple "bug". No FAQ, nothing... I had similar bug at home, and was able to correct it, but the same thing does not work at the office.. Don't ask me why, it's over my head. So printing is a big pain, if it does not work "out-of-the-box"... If it does, don't touch it! There is just so bad bloatware-documents, and they are of no use in real situations.. much nice things You can do with lprng, but anyway... This evening I tried to make Logitech quickcam pro 4000 to work, but it just won't... Again frustruation.. Jaska -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Wednesday 30 October 2002 16:46, Jonathan Cowherd wrote:
Make sure that the page spec is set to letter and not A4. Found that a few years ago with a HP LJ4.
I never got to the point where that would be an issue. YaST2 never looked past the local network segment when "searching" for printers, and there was no dialog to TELL it to look past the nearest hub and to specify the address of the subnet where all our company printers live... So, I tried setting up lpr and failed, and then tried setting up cups... and failed... and back and forth, several times, each time getting farther away. I never got to the point that I could be in an application and say "print" and have it print anything recognizable at any of our printers (most of which are postscript). a2ps = no go. I got busy with real work and abandoned the effort several months ago. Maybe I'll try again when I install 8.1 and THAT fails to find any networked printers (how's that for confidence? :-) I'd be deliriously happy if the only print issue was how to get letter-size or A4 as default. At home, of course, there's no difficulty printing to my locally-connected DeskJet 812. Cheers, /kevin
Hi I found, that putting the IP and server (printer) name manually works.. but You need to know exact name.. that's not too hard requirement. Jaska.
YaST2 never looked past the local network segment when "searching" for printers, and there was no dialog to TELL it to look past the nearest hub and to specify the address of the subnet where all our company printers live...
So, I tried setting up lpr and failed, and then tried setting up cups... and failed... and back and forth,
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