[osol-discuss] firefox does not see printers

[Ghee Teo]

Luca Morettoni wrote:
> On 11/ 3/09 01:31 PM, Ghee Teo wrote:
>> Stewart Walters wrote:
>>> Hi Ghee,
>>>
>>>    * The build is snv_111b (OpenSolaris 2009.06).
>>>    * /usr/sbin/print-service -q displays "active print service: cups"
>>    This shows that you have switched over to CUPS as the print system.
>>    You should *NOT* use Solaris LP Print Manager to create queue for 
>> CUPS since it uses LP print system. In the latest version of 
>> OpenSolaris, we have removed this option from the menu to avoid (at 
>> least) this confusion.
>
> I have the some problem again after updating to build 126; with 
> Firefox or evince I have a print selection dialog listing only the 
> "Print to file" and "Print to LPR" option, but not the other system 
> printers (I use CUPS).
Try this:
Just in $HOME/.gtkrc-2.0 or /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc. Just adding the line

gtk-print-backends="file,lpr,papi,cups"

-Ghee
> If I run the System -> Administration -> Print Manager I see all the 
> configured printer (and all print fine the test page).
> Last, if I print selecting "Print to LPR", I got the printing on the 
> default CUPS printer...
>