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:
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
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
Hi all!
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.
Thanks! -Alexandre
Hi Alexandre,
On Tuesday 07 May 2013 22:55:13 Alexandre Couture wrote:
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
Hi all!
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
I don't see the "Kprint" icon !
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.
I've tried that ! Under printers there is my DJ500 listed along with "Ksendfax, Mail PDF file, Print to File (PDF), Print to file (postscript) and Send to Fax" Both the print to work just fine. Under the "Instances" tab it just shows (Default).
However if I print a PDF or an Image and look here everything just locks up.
Fine about Kprint that probably explains why I can print Ok from Libre Office.
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.
Thanks! -Alexandre
Thankyou ! I have several friends who now run your unofficial PCLOS TDE remaster with very few issues. I only have one user that can't print anything, but he has a HP win printer. :-)
Thankyou ! I have several friends who now run your unofficial PCLOS TDE remaster with very few issues. I only have one user that can't print anything, but he has a HP win printer. :-)
Yes, winprinter (such as those Lexmarks of a few years ago: 30$ for the printer, 60$ to the ink...) are always problematic...
-- Best Regards: Baron
I'm glad you liked my remaster! For the next release, it will feature a Zenity script to guide the user to switch between the more modern theming I use and the TDE classic appearance, for those who prefer it! Also, it will be available as one download, not a multi-part zip archive as it was. There is also some other things I want to include!
Thanks! -Alexandre
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