Problems with printing

[Alexander Apprich]

Hi Colin,

Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> I noticed this problem last week, but I thought I'd wait until
> upgrading to FC4 to look afresh at it.
> 
> Having upgraded, I renamed the two .rpmnew files in /etc/cupsd to
> remove the .rpmnew (thus forcing reconfiguration of cups).
> 
> So when I went into the printer manager, it asked me if I wanted to
> configure.
> I configured the printer (a postscript printer), and was able to print
> a couple of test pages OK.
> 
> But whn I try from firefox, or from the command line using lpr, the
> form feed light on the printer flashes, indicating something is being
> sent to the printer, but then stops, and no attempt is made to print
> the page.
> 
> I tried editing the driver options on the printer (I ticked the Send
> Form-Feed box), but this makes no difference.

just a wild guess, but is the paper format correct?? I've seen similar
behaviour when printing letter size to a DinA4 printer and the other way
around...

Alex