Is it possible to print?

[Nikolas Arend]

Pierre Thibault wrote:
> 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

Another poster in this thread, Rainer, is running the exact same distro 
and xfce version:

xfce 4.4 Beta1 (4.3.90.2) and cups in Xubuntu 6.06 LTS

Unless somebody knows there's been a problem with xfprint4 in 4.4beta1, 
I guess it has s.th. to do with Xubuntu and the xfce version shipping 
with it.

>> 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:

That indeed suggests that there's a problem with xfprint4 in Xubuntu 
6.06. The other possibility is that there was a specific problem with 
xfprint4 in 4.4beta1 in general, but I wouldn't know since I never had 
this particular version installed. Same goes for Xubuntu, I'm using FC4.

One last shot in the dark... Nobody answered my question yet whether one 
of you installed xfce on your own (e.g. from source) or just used the 
version shipping with Xubuntu. In the first case, make sure all old 
(e.g. xfce4.2) components are removed properly, especially when they 
were installed under a different prefix.

Sorry, can't think of anything else. Maybe somebody with deeper 
knowledge about xfprint4 (Jean-François) can help.

Nick.