printer is just silent

[Anonymous]

> On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 04:10:23PM -0400, Rolf Schumacher wrote:
> > I've got problems installing a HP Laserjet 4050tn.
> > I've got no problems to install it in cups and with the ppd from HP.
> > The testpage prints perfectly.
> > But no software can see it.
> > I directed /etc/printcap to /var/run/cups/printcap.
> > Every programm offers the 4050tn as the default for printing.
>
> printcap is not used with CUPS, just remove /etc/printcap
>
> what does :     lpstat -t
> give ?
>
> this should return the list of configured print queues, and if
> they are idle and accepting requests.
>
> can you print when you type :
>
>         $ lp -dYourPrintQueueName somefile.ps
>
> ?
>
> If this works, then probably your graphic environment (e.g. Gnome or KDE)
> printing facilities are not properly configured.
>
> If this doesn't work, then this is probably a CUPS misconfiguration.
>
> bye
>
> Jerome Alet
>

Thank you, Jerome, it helped.

It clarified my mind.
Now I'm able to specify my problem im more detail:

cups is working on my machine as far as lp and gnome is concerned.
What's missing is that all of my common applications will not print:

abiword, jedit, firefox, thunderbird, netbeans.

I wonder wether I have to understand the printing concept of each of those applications.

Thanks for further assistance.

Rolf