printing woes - inconsistency

[ph34r]

Here at work I print to a networked HP printer. The printer works - I can print CUPS test page fine, and some apps print fine too.

However, some apps don't even know CUPS is there and working - for example, Acrobat 7 reader (needed for a darn HR form) wants to print using /usr/bin/lpd for the command.

What do I need to do for simple print integration in all apps? Using Debian sarge.

[dkeav]

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html

give that a look, basically your replacing the lpr commands


http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Printing-HOWTO/setup.html

that has some useful info as well

[teeitup]

Try finishing the command...

/usr/bin/lp -d <printer name you created in CUPS>
The -d indicates destination.

mine is /usr/bin/lp -d printhp
or /usr/bin/lp -d printc
depending on if color is needed.

Good Luck,