[CS-FSLUG] OpenOffice and networked printer

[Ed Hurst]

Nigel Ridley wrote:

> 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?

I thought everything in the *nix world knew to check the /etc/printcap
even if it was just a "placeholder". I recall fighting with old WP8 back
when CUPS first came out. There was some auto-config failure, so there
was no printcap. Once I created one, according to the format used by
CUPS, I had no trouble.

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Ed Hurst
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