Reiner Wenke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed opensolaris b117 and wanted to print from firefox 3.5b4.
>
> I have a remote CUPS server and in order to use this server I disabled on the 
> opensolaris system the
> services svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default and 
> svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default.
> Then I installed the /etc/cups/client.conf file with informations about the 
> remote CUPS server.
>   
try as root, /usr/sbin/print-service -s cups
You need the cups service to run on you local machine, so that the cupsd 
can talk to the remote server.
The scripts print-service allows you to switch between lp and cups. 
/usr/sbin/print-service shows the options.

-Ghee
> Afterwards lpstat is showing the printers on the CUPS server. If  I open 
> OpenOffice, the print dialog is also showing the correct printers.
>
> But the firefox browser, opened with an account which has no .mozilla 
> directory, shows only the possibility of
> printing to file. I had a look at the new .mozilla directory, created by the 
> browser, and surprisingly it shows in
> prefs.js the default printer of the CUPS system, but only this one. Even if 
> restarting the browser with this
> information he continues to show up only the "print to file" option.
>
> On an Solaris8 system with firefox 2.0.0.20 all printers of the remote CUPS 
> server are shown.
>
> Is this a known issue and if not, how can I resolve this situation?
>
> Thanks for any hints
> Reiner Wenke
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