Some notes about the solution to a printing problem I'd been having. May help someone...
The Problem: =========== Hitting Print sent the job to the printer, the "receiving data" light flashed, etc., but nothing came out. The job disappeared. Through a process of elimination I determined the problem lay with pictures. Remove the pictures, the document would print. Add them back, nothing. Exporting to PDF and printing from there worked fine, but not from Scribus. Curious. (To reproduce the problem consistently I opened New From Template / Newsletter_2 and tested by trying to print pages 1 and 3.) The Solution: ============ Changed to printer driver "gimp-print-ijs". Fixed!! (See below* if you're not sure how...) Distro & Build Details: ====================== Fedora Core 2, kernel 2.6.8-1.521 Printer: HP LaserJet 4M-Plus networked via JetDirect Scribus 1.2 Build ID 28 August 2004 C-C-T Compiled from source ./configure concludes... FreeType2 installed: Yes CUPS installed: Yes LittleCMS installed: Yes TiffLib installed: Yes Using Python 2.3 *How to Change Printer Drivers in Fedora Core 2: ============================================== o Start Printer Configuration. (Menu / System Settings / Printing) o Right-click the desired printer and choose Edit. o Click the Printer Driver tab. On the right of the panel is a drop-down list of Available Drivers. Click it and select Gimp-Print-IJS. o Select OK. o Back on the Printer Config menu click the Apply button. o You may or may not need to shut down and restart Scribus after the change. I restarted and it worked right away. Cheers, Bob
