Trouble printing TuxPaint files in Lubuntu computer lab

Mon Nov 24 17:53:51 UTC 2014

Hi Andre,

Sorry for not getting back to you. I think I missed this thread somehow. We are still unable to get TuxPaint to print in the computer lab. All our printers are network printers such as the Lexmark MS810 dn.

I read somewhere that I needed to install LPR so I did that. Once that was installed the error message was gone in TuxPaint but still there is no output to the printer. There is only one printer installed so it is the default but when I open the print queue there is nothing there.

Printing works fine with every other application such as LibreOffice. I have tried in three different labs and get the same result each time. I even contacted Bill Kendricks the creator of Tux Paint and so far he responded once saying that i should get a print dialogue box when I hold down ALT and click the print button but this is not the case.

I am really frustrated with this because the Elementary schools rely on TuxPaint a lot with their younger students and this is holding us back from converting their Win 7 labs to Lubuntu.

________________________________
From: lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com <lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Andre Rodovalho <andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 11:57 AM
To: lubuntu user list
Subject: Re: Trouble printing TuxPaint files in Lubuntu computer lab

Hey Marc,

Sorry the late response. I took some time to test tuxpaint today. I could print out of the box with 3 printers I tested: HP Officejet Pro 8100, Brother DCP-7065DN and Epson L355

All those printers support LPR protocol. The only thing I did is to set the printer as my default, because tuxpaint prints without asking you what printer to use...

So, did you check if your printer supports LPR/LPD? What printer are you using?

2014-11-19 20:20 GMT-02:00 Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com<mailto:israeldahl at gmail.com>>:
On 11/19/2014 03:22 PM, Marc Tremblay wrote:
Thanks Andre,

The teachers would like to print directly from the application. I found a workaround where I have TuxPaint save the files in the pictures folder and then if I right click and select open with Firefox or Abiword , I am the able to print the .png file. This is three or four extra steps for the teachers and with a class of 25 + it becomes somewhat unmanageable.

It should however work directly from the application as intended.

I hate hearing it works in Windows why can’t it work in Lubuntu??

From: lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> [mailto:lubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Andre Rodovalho
Sent: November-19-14 4:16 PM
To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: Trouble printing TuxPaint files in Lubuntu computer lab

Hello Marc.

Personal Recommendation: I use fotoxx to print...

There is outdated version on ubuntu repos. And you can get the latest versions here: http://www.kornelix.com/packages.html

TO print, hit File -> Print Image

Then just select the printer... There is some border configuration after that...

2014-11-19 18:34 GMT-02:00 Marc Tremblay <mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca<mailto:mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca>>:
Good afternoon,

I apologize if this is off topic. I know this is not a Lubuntu issue but this is a big enough issue for our teachers for them to not want to convert over to Lubuntu from Windows 7.

We have converted part of their computer lab to Lubuntu 14.4 and the teachers are unable to print the pictures that the students had created. The error message they get is simply “ sorry your picture can not be printed”. There does not seem to be any way to configure the printing with TuxPaint.

I found out that I can install a tuxpaint config application that allows you to use an alternative print command instead of “LPR” which I believe is the default in Tuxpaint. Is there an alternative print command I could use that would allow us to print directly from the application?

Thanks

Marc Tremblay
Educational Services Dept
Lester B. Pearson School Board
1925 Brookdale
Dorval, H9P 2Y7

mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca<mailto:mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca>

--
Lubuntu-users mailing list
Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

Hi Marc,
from:
http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/FAQ.html

Printing

  *   Tux Paint won't print, gives an error, or prints garbage (Unix/Linux)

Tux Paint prints by creating a PostScript rendition of the picture and sending it to an external command. By default, this command is the "lpr" printing tool.

If that program is not available (for example, you're using CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, and do not have "cups-lpr" installed), you will need to specify an appropriate command using the "printcommand" option in Tux Paint's configuration file. (See the OPTIONS documentation<http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/OPTIONS.html>.)

Note: Versions of Tux Paint prior to 0.9.15 used a different default command for printing, "pngtopnm | pnmtops | lpr", as Tux Paint output PNG format, rather than PostScript.

If you had changed your "printcommand" option prior to Tux Paint 0.9.15, you will need to go back and alter it to accept PostScript.

  *   I get the message "You can't print yet!" when I go to print!

The "print delay" option is on. You can only print once every X seconds.

If you're running Tux Paint from a command-line, make sure you're not giving it a "--printdelay=..." option.

If you're running Tux Paint by double-clicking an icon, check the properties of the icon to see if "--printdelay=..." is listed as a command-line argument.

If a "--printdelay=..." option isn't being sent on the command line, check Tux Paint's configuration file ("~/.tuxpaintrc" under Linux and Unix, "tuxpaint.cfg" under Windows) for a line reading: "printdelay=...".

Either remove that line, set the delay value to 0 (no delay), or decrease the delay to a value you prefer. (See the OPTIONS documentation<http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/OPTIONS.html>).

Or, you can simply run Tux Paint with the command-line argument: "--printdelay=0", which will override the configuration file's setting, and allow unlimited printing. (You won't have to wait between prints.)

Or use Tux Paint Config. and make sure "Print Delay" (under "Printing") is set to "0 seconds."

  *   I simply can't print! The button is greyed out!

The "no print" option is on.

If you're running Tux Paint from a command-line, make sure you're not giving it a "--noprint" option.

If you're running Tux Paint by double-clicking an icon, check the properties of the icon to see if "--noprint" is listed as an argument.

If "--noprint" isn't on the command-line, check Tux Paint's configuration file ("~/.tuxpaintrc" under Linux and Unix, "tuxpaint.cfg" under Windows) for a line reading: "noprint=yes".

Either remove that line, or simply run Tux Paint with the command-line argument: "--print", which will override the configuration file's setting.

Or use Tux Paint Config. and make sure "Allow Printing" (under "Printing") is checked.

--
Regards

--
Lubuntu-users mailing list
Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com<mailto:Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/attachments/20141124/63dbdd28/attachment.html>