Kevin, You were right on target...EXCEPT, when I changed the printer information as root it didn't take effect as user. I had to use the SPADMIN program under SO menu option. Now it works perfectly. Thanks!! Tom On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 06:24, Kevin Donnelly wrote:
Hi Geraint
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 11:32 am, Geraint Jones wrote:
However, it still won't print! I managed to get a test page out of "spadmin" (which brought up the usual printing dialog), but when I close it and go back to SO, it still shows only the "Generic Printer". I tried restarting the app but that didn't do anything.
I've just gone through this again to ensure it works. Step by step follows:
1. Ensure that CUPS is set up correctly and working OK - ie test from KDE apps that would use CUPS/KDEPrint.
In SuSE 8.0/StarOffice 6.0
2. In a console, enter: sux (+password) cd /opt/office60/program (or wherever SO has been installed) ./spadmin 3. Tick Add a Printer, click Next. 4. Select Generic printer from the drop-down list, click Next. 5. Enter kprinter --stdin as the command line, click Next. 6. Enter a name (eg KPrinter), click Finish. 7. Note that this can also be done as the user too, but in that case the printer will only be available to that user.
In SuSE 7.3/StarOffice 5.2
2. In a console, enter: sux (+password) cd /opt/office52/program ./spadmin 3. Scroll down the list of existing printer drivers and click on Generic Printer, then on Add new printer. 4. Click Rename and enter a name (eg KPrinter). 5. Click Connect and enter: kprinter=kprinter --stdin 6. Click Configure and make any relevant changes (eg to A4 size), and then click Close. 7. In SO 5.2 it does not appear to be possible to set up a new printer as a user, but only to configure the settings of already set-up printers.
Both setups
8. Create a document in SO, and then press Ctrl+P to print. 9. Select KPrinter from the drop-down printer list (if you have not already set it to be default), and then click OK. 10. The KDE print dialogue opens - select the relevant printer and then click OK.
Using the above, I don't get a test page from SO 5.2, although it says it is printing.
Gobeithio bydd hwn yn neud y tric!
Kevin Donnelly
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