> From: gerhard.zintel@mrs-thomas.de
> To: trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 20:56:38 +0200
> Subject: Re: [trinity-users] Odd printing behaviour !
>
> On Tuesday 07 May 2013, Baron wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I am using PCLinuxOS from the image that Alexandre Couture created and
> > have discovered an odd printing behaviour.
> >
> > If I click on print from any PDF or Image it prints OK first time. If I
> > then try to print a second copy or close the application and try to
> > print something else the print dialogue comes up frozen. If I click on
> > exit a few times it will tell me that "Kprint" is not responding and
> > give me the opertunity to terminate it.
> >
> > After this I cannot print anything at all without restarting the
> > machine. However when I get back to the desktop, I get the message
> > that there is no default printer and to use the "--all" switch. ??
> > Clearing the error message allows me to continue as normal. Untill I
> > print something.
> >
> > I have tried the various dialogues but seem unable to find or access my
> > printer.
> >
> > Don't laugh, I'm still using my HP Deskjet 500 MK1 from over thirty
> > years ago. I long as I can keep refilling the cartridge with ink it
> > will continue to be in use !
> >
> > Thanks guys:
>
> This will not help you but I can confirm, that printing on an HP Deskjet 500
> with the repository of Slávek (3.5.13.2) works fine under Ubuntu.
>
> Gerhard
>
I tried on my own computer with PCLOS non-official TDE remaster and on my (just 5 years old) Samsung ML-2240, I can print everything, but if I print an image from KView, I can't print anything else until I click on the PCLinuxOS (Mandriva-derived) utility, which is usually just beside the Kprint icon on the notification area of the taskbar and then cancel what was printed from KView. I could print documents from KPDF as much as I wanted.
For the ''no default printer'' problem, you can go in the PCLinuxOS Control Center (just beside the K menu button) and you will be able to set your printer as the default one, and maybe to diagnose other problems.
For the next release of my livecd, I will try to remember to not install Kprint (if it is possible), because it shouldn't be there... PCLinuxOS already comes with its own utilities.