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Re: URGENT: Users can't print from Firefox 3 on 9.4.51
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Tue Jan 13 11:26:58 2009
Cc: testers@mit.edu, amb@mit.edu, wdc@mit.edu
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
To: Jonathan D Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64L.0901131103540.1510@infinite-loop.mit.edu>
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:26:13 -0500
Actually, this is only on Linux.
On Suns (presumable because libgnomeprint on Suns does not know about
CUPS), users see a "Print to LPR" entry in the printer dialog.
On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Jonathan D Reed wrote:
>
> I and other users are unable to print from Firefox 3 on 9.4.51.
> The printer "list" only contains "Print to File" and provides no way
> to add another printer. It appears to use CUPS. If I turn on
> cups, and tell it to browsepoll cups.mit.edu, I get a list of
> printers in the FF3 dialog.
>
> However, turning on CUPS causes cups to generate /etc/printcap in an
> incompatible format, and breaks lpr.
>
> This is a problem. What should we do?
>
> -Jon
