Re: [Evolution] I can't print from evolution 1.4

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 09:29, Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 08:58, Daniel Cote wrote:
> > I found that since I changed to 1.4 I can no longer print all I can do
> > is create a Postscript of PDF file which I than have to manually send to
> > the printer. I'm running Red Hat 7.3 with gnome 1.4 and the gnome 2
> > libraries but no gnome 2 programs.
> > I'm running fvwm2 as my window manager.
>
> I have a slightly different, yet still horribly annoying problem with
> 1.4.  I use CUPS and have for the last couple of years at least (so this
> is not a "this guy doesn't know how to set CUPS up" problem).  We have a
> Lexmark OptraS 1855 laser printer at work, and it has worked wonderfully
> with CUPS and evolution for the last year at least.  I can still print
> from other applications (i.e. test page from CUPS setup, mozilla print
> jobs, etc.), yet when I print an e-mail from evolution, I get a really
> annoying "900 RIP Software" error from the lexmark printer.  
>
> End result: I can't print from evolution through CUPS using evo 1.4.
>
> As I said, it's only when I print from evolution that this happens, and
> when it does happen, the only thing I can do to resolve the issue (and
> stop irritating my workmates) is to manually lprm the print job.
>
> Has something changed with evo 1.4 and printing that would cause this?

It's possible that it's a gnome-print issue.  On my machine (YMMV) gedit
and galeon use the same version of gnome-print as Evolution 1.4.  If
those work, the problem is more likely to be in Evolution.  If those are
broken, the problem is more likely to be in gnome-print.  Mozilla
doesn't use gnome-print, so it's not an especially useful test case in
this regard.

-Mark Gordon