Based upon the kind advice of Steffen E., I installed apsfilter (and associated packages). The Test Page prints from apsfilterconfig just great. Alas, I still can't print from within KDE, getting the error message: ------------------------------- /usr/bin/lpr -P 'hl1240|laserjet';r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;m=auto '-#1' /home/family/.kde/tmp-family/kdeprint_4h2doue: execution failed with message:
Status Information: sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to hl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] connecting to 'localhost',attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer hl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] job 'family @localhost+579' transfer to hl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] failed error "NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL' sending str '^Bhl1240|laserjet;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;[EMAIL PROTECTED] error msg: 'bad printer name' ------------------------------------- I must admit that the printer name looks screwy, but that's what the venerable apsfilter came up with. :-) I also wonder if there's something in KDE/woody. When installing, dselect reported a conflict between kghostview and koffice-libs: koffice-libs recommends kghostview (>= 2.2-0), but kghostview 2.1.1-6 is what's in woody. Again, thanks to Steffan for his initial help. Alas, more is needed. James On Friday 29 March 2002 04:34, Steffen Evers wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 21:54, Gruetzner wrote: > > I did a search to see if others have had this problem, but didn't > > find any. My apologies if I didn't use the right keywords. I've > > tried to use the printing HOWTO, but seem to be going in circles when > > reading it. > > > > I recently upgraded from potato to woody. I did not upgrade the > > kernel (2.2.19). My desktop is KDE. > > > > After upgrading, I could no longer get my printer to work. (It > > worked under potato: I've a Brother HL-1240, and used the laserjet > > driver.) I have since installed lprng and deleted lpr, and can now > > print an ascii file from the command line (e.g., lpr testfile.txt). > > I > > > > However, when I try to print from a KDE app or from WordPerfect or > > from acrobat, I get the following type of message window popping up: > > > > -------------------- > > /usr/bin/lpr -P 'lp|bhl1240|Brother HL-1240' '-#1' > > /home/family/.kde/tmp-family/kdeprint_s5dkMry: execution failed with > > message: > > > > Status Information: sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to > > lp"bhl1240|Brother [EMAIL PROTECTED] connecting to 'localhost', > > attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer > > lp|bhl1240|Brother [EMAIL PROTECTED] job 'family @localhost+433' > > transfer to > > lp|bhl1240|Brother [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed error "NONZERO RFC1179 > > ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL' sending str > > '^Blp|bhl1240|Brother-1240' to lp|[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > error msg: 'bad command line' > > --------------- > > > > I'm at a loss. I'm pretty ignorant of printing arcana, but > > something must need configuring that isn't. > > > > Oh, I've tried it with the environmental variable $PRINTER set to > > "lp" and to just nothing: same results. I've also tried... > > # lpc enable all > > ...with no change. > > > > When I run lpq, it tells me that the last job that [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > printed was the lpr testfile.txt, and that Filter_status: lp is ready > > and printing. (It's lying.) (What's this "@localhost bit?) > > > > Running lsmod shows that lp is apparently loaded. I didn't see > > anything that made sense to me in the /var/logs--but I may not know > > what to look for! > > I have been on woody for a while, but ran my regular package upgrade > lately which stopped my printing as well. > My printer has still received data, but could not print what it got. > > After spending several hours on debugging I have found out that my > current apsfilter settings (maybe you use the similar package > magicfilter) were not compatible with the current gs package > (ghostscript). After reconfigurating apsfilter with apsfilterconfig > everything has been fine again. However, it was a little bit > tricky to find a suitable printer driver that was supported in > apsfilter AND the current gs package as apsfilter has not been adjusted > to the recent changes in gs. > > Maybe that helps ... > > Good luck. > > Bye, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]