Strange printing problem

Brian b_lists at patandbrian.org
Mon Jan 28 13:17:19 UTC 2019


On 1/25/19 6:28 PM, Brian wrote:
> On 1/25/19 5:34 AM, Peter Flynn wrote:
>> On 24/01/2019 22:45, Brian wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> I can try it, but if the issue is with the driver and the old Debian
>>> system as you suggest then I wouldn't expect printing from ANY
>>> application on my PC to work on the Laserjet, and I can print just
>>> fine from gedit, LibreOffice, Okular, etc - every application that
>>> I've tried except Lazarus!
>>
>> Do you know *what type* of data Lazarus is sending to the queue?
>> That is, plain ASCII text, PostScript, PDF, some kind of image...
>>
>> I know there are versions of the standard filters around that gag on
>> some types of data (I've had issues with them before).
>>
>> Can you turn on verbose logging and see if it tells you what filters
>> it's using?
>>
> 
> I'll ask on the Lazarus mailing list. A bunch of the developers are on
> there, I should get an answer very quickly.
> 

Well, I guess I must have broken some kind of unwritten rule on the
Lazarus list, as nobody has responded to either of the questions I put
on there.

Could you tell me what you mean by "turning on verbose logging" and
I'll try it?

Thanks,

Brian.





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