[CS-FSLUG] OpenOffice and networked printer

[Nigel Ridley]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:03:41 -0500
"Steven T. Fricke" <sfricke at oilstates.com> wrote:

> Can you print from other things?
> 
> I really think the answer lies in cups.
> 
> My experience is that it already does run with cups. I have no local
> printer attached, and I print all the time with OO 1.1.1 to a HP 4000,
> and HP8000 and a Gestetner Copier/Printer. I have not used the printer
> setup tool in a long time, even after installing new distros.
> 
> I am currently using PCLinuxOS installed on my HD, and I print fine
> using cups out of OO. Next to me is a guy using RedHat (not Fedora)
> and he also is printing using cups with OO, I will check with a guy
> across the hall who is trying Knoppix 3.4 installed and see how it
> goes for him. He just installed yesterday (Switching from SuSE 8.2
> just to see what Knoppix installed was like), so I don't know that he
> has even tried OO yet.
> 
> I know that none of us did anything spectacular to get it running.
> 
> I would have to say, though, that I don't think that the problem is in
> OO, I think it may be your cups that needs improving. You might want
> to look toward updating that.
> 
> Alsom, if you upgraded OO from and earlier version, my experience has
> been there are times when I have to completely wipe out OO or it does
> not upgrade correctly.
> 
> I am not familiar with Libranet and it's package management systems if
> any. Consider removing OO, then deleting all the files. Removing OO
> packages does not always (ever?) remove all the OO files. It really
> depends *how* it was installed to know where all the files are. If you
> used a package manager, remove it from there. Regardless, I would look
> for the installed directory and delete it. This is, of course, after
> saving any documents you may have saved in that directory.
> 
> After completely removing OO, THEN install it again.
> 
> I hope this helps. I know it ain't much, but it's all I got.
> 
> In Christ,
> Steven T. Fricke
> 
> 
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OK. I found the answer, well part of it anyway. The problem was that I
had installed the Hebrew version of OpenOffice and, since there is no
.deb I downloaded the file from openoffice.org and installed it in /opt
and therein lies the problem -- /opt is like a room with the door
closed. OOo couldn't see the rest of the system and hence couldn't see
the printer attached to the network.

I just did an apt-get -t unstable install openoffice.org and it
installed great and it can see the printer.

Now the question is "How can I link to, or copy, the config files that
OOo uses to *see* the printer. I did search for something useful or
interesting on my system but didn't find anything that I could use --
any ideas?

Blessings,

Nigel

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