F11: Unable to print to HP LaserJet 4250

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Mon Aug 3 18:43:31 UTC 2009


Marco Guazzone wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Tim Waugh<twaugh at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 16:46 +0200, Marco Guazzone wrote:
>>> The doc I'm trying to print is available at:
>>> http://enterprise.amd.com/Downloads/Ziff_Power_and_Cooling_IT_.pdf
>>>
>>> WAIT!!... I've just tried to print the Test Page from
>>> system-config-printer and it works.
>>> But, then when I tried to print the doc above (from evince) it failed.
>>> Then I've tried with Acrobat Reader 9.1.3 and it works!
>>>
>>> So, I think is an evince problem, do you?
>> The way to find out is to print the PDF directly from the command line,
>> without involving evince.
>>
>> Just 'lp -d destination file.pdf'.
>>
> 
> Tried:
> $ lp -d UPO-HP_lj_4250-NearFax ~/Ziff_Power_and_Cooling_IT_.pdf
> 
> It worked!!
> 
> Should I submit a bug for evince in Fedora bug tracking system?
> 
Absolutely, you've done the detective work, now document.

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