Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Chuck Hast
Thank you all, I will dive into it tomorrow. On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 5:57 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > Now just to figure out what needs to be changed. I use the cups drivers > > for that printer on my Linux boxes with no issue. > > Chuck, > > Look in /et

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Chuck Hast wrote: Now just to figure out what needs to be changed. I use the cups drivers for that printer on my Linux boxes with no issue. Chuck, Look in /etc/cups/ppd/ or the chromebook equivalent. That should have all your available printers. These are ASCII text confi

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Tomas Kuchta
On my linux's it is under http://localhost:631/ -T On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 15:40 Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Cups have config for things like default paper size, trays, duplex. > > Perhaps it is even service, like in Linux, you could connect to with > browser on the Chromebook and change what you need.

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Tomas Kuchta
Cups have config for things like default paper size, trays, duplex. Perhaps it is even service, like in Linux, you could connect to with browser on the Chromebook and change what you need. Tomas On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 14:15 Chuck Hast wrote: > When I look at the Locale data is is all US... I am

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Chuck Hast
When I look at the Locale data is is all US... I am thinking the same thing that it is an issue with the driver, but the driver is a cups driver (Chrome books use cups I guess) Now just to figure out what needs to be changed. I use the cups drivers for that printer on my Linux boxes with no issue.

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Chuck Hast wrote: I select a email on her desktop machine and send it to print, it prints just fine. I go to her Chromebook and select the same email it is sent to the printer but it must be telling the printer to print to an A4 page, which is not on the printer so it replie

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Tomas Kuchta
Could this be caused by a localle or location setup on the Chromebook? I do not have Chromebook, but can imagine someone deciding that English or time zone selects all sorts of things, including metric paper size. If this theory is valid US-english and/or US timezone could make the difference. Th

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-24 Thread Chuck Hast
Folks, I reviewed things that paper size should have been A4 vice A1... I select a email on her desktop machine and send it to print, it prints just fine. I go to her Chromebook and select the same email it is sent to the printer but it must be telling the printer to print to an A4 page, which is n

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-23 Thread Chuck Hast
Thank you guys, I am going to do some more testing based on what you all have said. I know it all goes through Chrome browser, here is what I have seen. A document on her machine that is in standard Letter format, will print just fine, a document pulled from her Google drive will print just fine.

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: What tool does the chrombook use to view gmail? Chrome. Everything on a chromebook goes through the google web browser. Oy. I didn't realize this. Thanks, Ben, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org ht

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-22 Thread Ben Koenig
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:53 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > It keeps on trying to send the pages as A1 rather than LETTER. > > Chuck, > > A1 size is the metric equivalent of 36" x 48" and usually requires a large, > roll-fed printer. Many applications with a

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020, Chuck Hast wrote: It keeps on trying to send the pages as A1 rather than LETTER. Chuck, A1 size is the metric equivalent of 36" x 48" and usually requires a large, roll-fed printer. Many applications with a European origin (or flavor) default to A4 paper which is the metr

Re: [PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-22 Thread Mike C.
> > It keeps on trying to send the pages as A1 rather than LETTER. She has a > couple of documents on google drive, those print just fine, it appears to > only be when she tries to print from > Gmail that this takes place. I have looked but do not see where it is > telling the printer to use A1 pap

[PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

2020-03-21 Thread Chuck Hast
I know that this is a Chromebook, but I PLUG has the answers (well Chrome OS is Linux under the hood) I bought my wife a Chromebook (she wanted it, at least it was not something running M$) and so far so good, until I tried to print a page from her gmail account. It keeps on trying to send the pag