Is it possible to print?

Pierre Thibault pthibault33 at yahoo.ca
Thu Jul 27 22:11:36 CEST 2006


Nikolas Arend a écrit :
> Pierre Thibault wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to print in Xfce and I am unable to do so.
>>
>> I added my printer using gnome-cups-manager. I am able to print from the 
>> GNOME manager the test page. I have no option available when I am trying 
>> to print using MousePad when my printer is selected. And I have an error 
>> when I am clicking the Print button: 'Unable to connect tthe client'. In 
>> the Xfce print manager, my printer is displayed with the name 'Unknown'.
>>
>> Is there a way to make Xfce print?
>>
>>   
>>     
> I take it that your system uses CUPS for printing/spooling. 
Yes, it is.
> What xfce version are you using? 
Xfce 4.3.90.2 (4.4 Beta 1), Xubuntu 6.06 on PowerPC, I have a Mac mini
> Have you set CUPS as the printing system in the 
> Printing System Selection dialog in the xfce settings manager?
>   
Yes, it is the only choice available for me.
> Are you able to print to that printer from other (non-xfce) applications 
> (e.g. OpenOffice or gedit)?
>   
No, so I made the test and all the non xfce applications are printing well:

AbiWord
FireFox
GEdit
OpenOffice

But, MousePad is not printing at all. I guess I have a problem with Xfce 
applications. What should I do to fix this problem?

-- 

A+

Pierre

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