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I installed WP8 on a RH5.0 system at work without problem.  Got it
running with my usual hideous colors- again no problem.

Printing is kicking my ass.  I use a samba printer attached to an NT4
SP4 server.  I print file from the command line, print the sample
Postscript and ASCII pages no sweat, but nothing from WP.  Needless to
say, a word processor is not much good without the ability to print.

I get a quick message saying the job's queued, nothing happens.  I have
tried it with the -P option specifically naming the printer and without
any options.  Ideas?

BV

Frank

bv> Sports fans,
bv> I installed WP8 on a RH5.0 system at work without problem.  Got it
bv> running with my usual hideous colors- again no problem.

bv> Printing is kicking my ass.  I use a samba printer attached to an NT4
bv> SP4 server.  I print file from the command line, print the sample
bv> Postscript and ASCII pages no sweat, but nothing from WP.  Needless to
bv> say, a word processor is not much good without the ability to print.

bv> I get a quick message saying the job's queued, nothing happens.  I have
bv> tried it with the -P option specifically naming the printer and without
bv> any options.  Ideas?

Since this is printing to a remote printer, what did you pick as the
printer ?

Try selecting 'passthru postscript' or 'passthru text'.

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Ray Curtis         Unix Programmer/Consultant   Curtis Consulting

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Quote:> Sports fans,

> I installed WP8 on a RH5.0 system at work without problem.  Got it
> running with my usual hideous colors- again no problem.

> Printing is kicking my ass.  I use a samba printer attached to an NT4
> SP4 server.  I print file from the command line, print the sample
> Postscript and ASCII pages no sweat, but nothing from WP.  Needless to
> say, a word processor is not much good without the ability to print.

> I get a quick message saying the job's queued, nothing happens.  I have
> tried it with the -P option specifically naming the printer and without
> any options.  Ideas?

> BV

I installed WP8, which has its own HP520 driver , so I installed this as a
WP printer with print command lpr -Prp1( print to the remote plain text
HP520). This works just fine.

So I guess WP8 creates the correct binary print file in HP520 format which
then gets passed through the plain text network printing path and comes out
fine on the printer.

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London SW14 7JW UK
This is not a sig( with homage to Magritte).

Thanks to all for the replies.  Turns out the solution was ridiculously
simple.  I selected "Print Document Graphically"  under File/Print/Output
Options.  Everything seems to be running just fine for now (till I hose it
again).

Merry Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/(whatever your season is) to all.

BV