On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 04:36:08PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > This is current/amd64 with firefox-68.0.2 > > Firefox does not offer any prtinters in the printing dialogue > except (Print to file"). > > lpd/lpr itself works fine. This is my /etc/printcap: > lp:lp=:rm=147.32.232.36:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > Each of "date | lpr" and "lpr file.pdf" works. > > I removed the entire ~/.mozilla directory fo make sure > it is not some of my firefox settings. > > Is this known? > Is a fix known? > > Jan >
It is a bit complex to explain, but in short: you can't use lpr with firefox. If I recall correctly, the problem is firefox removed the support of Postscript option, and the side effect was "Print using lpr" was removed too (it is declared as "postscript") https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322756 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1425188 I don't recall if it is something that should be corrected in GTK ("lpr" needs to be declared as accepting pdf) or in firefox. So if you want to stay with lpr, you have the "print to file" and next print this file (it is what I am doing, but I don't print very often). -- Sebastien Marie
