[ale] printing fun

[Stephen R. Blevins]

I can't help you.  I always connect via USB and "install."

Stephen R. Blevins
stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com

On 12/14/2017 05:42 PM, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> I rarely print any more but when I need to... lately I pull out my hair.
> 
> cups can print perfect test pages all day long. HP printing widget stuff
> can print test pages all day long. Printer is a well supported HP
> laserjet pro M501dn.
> 
> I can't print from any application correctly. When I print an email
> message all I get are the vertical stripes where the quoted section
> begins. Print to pdf, view pdf, looks fine, print pdf, get nothing but
> bars, no text of any kind.
> 
> The applications I failed with so far are evolution email, LibreOffice
> docs - the only two environments I ever actually print from. No cups
> logs with anything.
> 
> Firefox can print (ctl-P, select printer, print).
> 
> Ideas, directions to look in , etc., would be appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> 
> James P. Kinney III
> 
> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
> 
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