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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Debian to MS Print

On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 04:11:18PM -0400, Robert Echlin wrote:
> Thanks, Martin,
> Print tools works a treat, for printing text files from the command line.
> I set it up from the X tool, and now I can print text files - as long as 
> I tell lp to print to the correct printer (lp -d lp0 test.txt)

Change your queue to "lp" and you won't have to specify a printer queue.

> I also changed the settings for the printer in Debian's version of 
> Mozilla  Thunderbird to "lp -d lp0" (not including the quotes), and was 
> able to print text emails. There are some anomalies, such as the subject 
> being printed in a way that overlaps with the main text. Odd, but I 
> don't see any way to control that. It also printed an email that had a 
> graphic in it, and the graphic was printed, in the approximate correct 
> location, so I think it printed the HTML version of the file.
> 
> Kedit doesn't seem to have a clue how to print to lp0.
> Is there a way to tell Gnome where to print so that this KDE program 
> will understand?
> 
> Open Office 1.1 never heard of Canon printers. (This is on Debian 3.1 
> Stable)
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rob
> 

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