[oS-en] printing from Mozilla apps
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, since a few months back, when printing from Thunderbird or Firefox, I get an internal printing dialog of Thunderbird or Firefox. But some setting is wrong that makes the printer pop its yellow light with a prompt for feeding A4 or press OK for use what is available (and the printer is loaded with A4). And the Mozilla dialog says the size is A4. This means that for every print I have to get up from my chair and go to the printer to press that key. An option at the end of the dialog says "print using the system dialog". If I use this, there is no error and the printer fires immediately. Possibly what is missing is the tray selector in the mozilla dialog. Ideas? I'm using Leap 15.3, XFCE, and the stock Thunderbird / Firefox. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHoEARECADoWIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCYzLarRwccm9iaW4ubGlz dGFzQHRlbGVmb25pY2EubmV0AAoJELUzGBxtjUfVbz0AnR+chAekd27ySNgoZ758 CLX6tNX9AJ4o7qT8c+OyBwjtF43bharrdGTfsQ== =Xp5/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hello, In the Message; Subject : [oS-en] printing from Mozilla apps Message-ID : <eea390a8-85b1-20bd-567d-e89552b6b46a@telefonica.net> Date & Time: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:12:45 +0200 (CEST) [CER] == "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> has written: CER> Hi, CER> since a few months back, when printing from Thunderbird or Firefox, I get an CER> internal printing dialog of Thunderbird or Firefox. CER> But some setting is wrong that makes the printer pop its yellow light with a CER> prompt for feeding A4 or press OK for use what is available (and the printer is CER> loaded with A4). And the Mozilla dialog says the size is A4. This means that for CER> every print I have to get up from my chair and go to the printer to press that CER> key. CER> An option at the end of the dialog says "print using the system dialog". If I CER> use this, there is no error and the printer fires immediately. CER> Possibly what is missing is the tray selector in the mozilla dialog. CER> Ideas? This is a well-known problem and you can ask Google about it. The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing. Regrdas. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "A society bound by e-mail and mobile phones deprives us of the freedom to face ourselves and indulge our fantasies." -- Michael Crichton (Speech in Japan) --
On 2022-09-28 01:04, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
Hello,
In the Message;
CER> Ideas?
This is a well-known problem and you can ask Google about it.
Can you suggest what question to ask google?
The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing.
I don't know how to do that. If I want to print an email or a web page, I have no other method than use Thunderbird or Firefox. And that means I will get always the Mozilla print dialog. The only method I know is to always go down the dialog and select, manually, use the system print dialog. This is not permanent. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: [oS-en] printing from Mozilla apps Message-ID : <1f8efc99-030c-8eb1-e91d-8fe6400bb3d6@telefonica.net> Date & Time: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:48:39 +0200 [CER] == "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> has written: CER> On 2022-09-28 01:04, Masaru Nomiya wrote: [...] MN> > This is a well-known problem and you can ask Google about it. CER> Can you suggest what question to ask google? Uhm., how about with this key word? print using system dialog or, print using system dialog firefox MN> > The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing. CER> I don't know how to do that. CER> If I want to print an email or a web page, I have no other CER> method than use Thunderbird or Firefox. And that means I will CER> get always the Mozilla print dialog. The only method I know is CER> to always go down the dialog and select, manually, use the CER> system print dialog. This is not permanent. Browser failures are a real pain in the ass.... Many people are angry that developers should revert to the original. I use vivaldi all the time, but I also have seamonkey installed in case I have problems with vivaldi. But I can't bring myself to create web PDF files, let alone print them with seamonkey, so I use vivaldi exclusively for that. Personally, I recommend vivaldi. Nowadays vivaldi also has a built-in email client. Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ galaxy.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "A bachelor’s degree still holds prestige as a ticket to the middle class, but its value has received increasing scrutiny. In the last several years, rising tuition and student loan debt have led more Americans to reconsider an investment in postsecondary education." -- Washington Post --
Am 28.09.22 um 02:48 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 2022-09-28 01:04, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing.
I don't know how to do that.
If I want to print an email or a web page, I have no other method than use Thunderbird or Firefox. And that means I will get always the Mozilla print dialog. The only method I know is to always go down the dialog and select, manually, use the system print dialog. This is not permanent.
you could try to print to pdf and then open any pdf reader and print from there
On 2022-09-28 07:18, Karl Sinn wrote:
Am 28.09.22 um 02:48 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 2022-09-28 01:04, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing.
I don't know how to do that.
If I want to print an email or a web page, I have no other method than use Thunderbird or Firefox. And that means I will get always the Mozilla print dialog. The only method I know is to always go down the dialog and select, manually, use the system print dialog. This is not permanent.
you could try to print to pdf and then open any pdf reader and print from there
That's way more clicks than just going to the bottom of the current print dialog in FF/TH and click "print using system print dialog". -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:48:39 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 2022-09-28 01:04, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
Hello,
In the Message;
CER> Ideas?
This is a well-known problem and you can ask Google about it.
Can you suggest what question to ask google?
The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing.
I don't know how to do that.
Aquick search found https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1371179 which works for me.
If I want to print an email or a web page, I have no other method than use Thunderbird or Firefox. And that means I will get always the Mozilla print dialog. The only method I know is to always go down the dialog and select, manually, use the system print dialog. This is not permanent.
On 2022-09-28 12:50, Dave Howorth wrote:
On Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:48:39 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <> wrote:
On 2022-09-28 01:04, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
Hello,
In the Message;
CER> Ideas?
This is a well-known problem and you can ask Google about it.
Can you suggest what question to ask google?
The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing.
I don't know how to do that.
Aquick search found https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1371179 which works for me.
Thank you for finding that information :-) The idea is to set print.prefer_system_dialog to true. Problem is, that disables the preview (yes, I want to have the cake and eat it). So, I prefer to do what the comment from jscher2000 says, which is what I'm doing now. I need the preview in order to adjust the zoom or know which pages to print. IIRC, previously there was a menu entry under "File" for "Print preview". At least some settings in the mozilla dialog are passed to the system print dialog: number of pages, zoom... I would be happy using the mozilla print dialog if it worked right. It doesn't expose the setting of "paper source" aka "input tray", which I guess is the cause for the printer error that makes me having to get up from the chair for every print job. I type "printer paper source" in the mozilla support search. There are 5 hits, but none is about my problem. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 9/27/22 19:48, Carlos E. R. wrote:
CER> Ideas?
This is a well-known problem and you can ask Google about it.
Can you suggest what question to ask google?
The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing.
I don't know how to do that.
patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this ... doctor: Don't do that ... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On 2022-09-29 21:17, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 9/27/22 19:48, Carlos E. R. wrote:
CER> Ideas?
This is a well-known problem and you can ask Google about it.
Can you suggest what question to ask google?
The workaround for now is to not use the Moziila apps for printing.
I don't know how to do that.
patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this ...
doctor: Don't do that ...
So, what you are proposing is not use Firefox nor Thundebird? Doctor, it hurts when I get up. Then don't get up. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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