From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NkALG-0005Kx-Am for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:03:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8AB20E0B5C for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:03:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f173.google.com (mail-px0-f173.google.com [209.85.216.173]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A474E0938 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:39:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi3 with SMTP id 3so2462712pxi.28 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:39:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nVAxr6Nn/xxunC8bFlM0uPEH9teZd3T+58o9pPmaOPI=; b=G8GeQA1TWhUScHmCTPM0IXPDhlzaY6wroRucSG+MDgIsvRsb8QnGKhsZvewjkdPbD6 8q0zuG/qZHKy4VLjLQ1U2i9AqtC+GX4bv48DsrfIc5+eH9U/LdHI983deeKHpk4BB7TV 8pk/IYv0t5Ym2kEuoiqcF7UbsBmzEs23VHr8g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=iCt8zURuN8bYD//cTqXpH+93wt3uy/xbqDVj1gT4MLTkHWgiPMwoUSSUX6ErupB9E0 I/UEefhiu2yBDau28fBL7b4dFfaCHppDS+tcXCaq/BL5vKA1P/g1cQY8th6oxDTxrumA luublTS+MlGck5MCrxCjJyNttf5aFpS6EuxTs= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.151.31 with SMTP id y31mr2107810wfd.107.1266989957913; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:39:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <5bdc1c8b1002231823i639103b3td7851bae34923947@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:39:17 -0800 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b1002232139l7990e853o99dba57fbf85a636@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS - Some apps see printers, some do not From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: fc6ee58e-f68a-43c3-b72b-37c2e13c9e9f X-Archives-Hash: 9d80ae564820d821db777a0a2c10a3cf On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:53 PM, walt wrote: > On 02/23/2010 06:23 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> Hi, >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0I'm looking around in vain for info on why some apps (Open = Office >> apps for instance) see printers while other apps (Evolution and >> Firefox for instance) do not. Apps that don't work seem to offer print >> to file and print to LPR. On the other hand Open Office provides only >> the obscenely ugly CUPS printer name >> "HP_LaserJet_M1522nf_MFP_192.168.1.5". > > Ugly? =C2=A0I think it's quite fetching, really. =C2=A0Are you sure you'r= e a real > computer nerd? > > I have an HP LaserJet 3015 that works with everything in my gnome DE, > but IIRC I struggled until I discovered the net-print/hplip package, > which is the opensource driver supplied by HP. =C2=A0It does everything > including faxing, printing, and high-res color scanning all from my > HP multi-function printer. > > Does your dad's machine have that package installed and configured? > > > Yes, version 3.9.12-r1 is installed but I'm not totally sure I'm using the driver it supplied. gandalf ~ # emerge -pv hplip These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-3.9.12-r1 USE=3D"gtk hpcups libnotify qt4 -doc -fax -hpijs -minimal -new-hpcups -parport -policykit -scanner -snmp -static-ppds -udev-acl" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB * IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'. * Use eselect news to read news items. gandalf ~ # # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.11 # Written by cupsd on 2010-02-23 11:32 Info HP LaserJet M1522nf MFP Location Local Printer DeviceURI socket://192.168.1.5 State Idle StateTime 1266953458 Accepting Yes Shared Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Again, I figured it was working because Open Office finds it without any trouble, but his Gnome account doesn't. (Nor does mine actually - I cannot print from Firefox in my account either.) Thanks, Mark