Re: [Evolution] Unable to print from Evolution

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Tue, 2020-02-18 at 13:26 -0500, George Reeke wrote:
> On Sun, 2020-02-16 at 16:45 +0000, Paul wrote:
> > 3.34.3 (by Flathub.org) Mint Cinnamon 19.3
> > When I try to print an email I get the following options
> > Print to file
> > Print to LPR
> > My printer is not shown which is an HP OfficejetPro 8600
> > In Firefox and other apps my printer is shown and works fine except
> > for
> > scanning
> > Any ideas?
> You mention the option "Print to LPR".  Are you familiar with lpr?
> It is an old program that does some minimal formatting on a text
> file and sends it to a selected printer. 

CUPS - the printing subsystem on nearly every LINUX (UNIX?) host - can
be set to listen to LPR/LPD requests.  If you enable that you will
easily be able to print to any printer you have locally configured on
the 'host' operating system.

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