<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:08 -0400, harry wert wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Dapper Drake is performing very well on all my Desktops and various Thinkpad's for some time now- congratulations! I use Ubuntu exclusively for my business, including Network printing. Now I have a question: Gnome-printer for most gnome applications does not offer a choice of for type of printing; IE, Draft (low resolution), Normal )Good quality - slower), or Photo ( High resolution), but kprinter does. I have managed to kludge most gnome applications to use kprinter but only by addressing each one individually. I have Goggled and have not been able to find a global setting within gnome. I have also checked the Wiki's. Does anyone know a way to force gnome applications to use kprinter? Thanks in advance. Harry Wert Physicist </BLOCKQUOTE> Answering my own post just in case it may help someone else: "Does anyone know a way to force gnome applications to use kprinter?" Start sudo kprinter in a terminal. Choose "Add a printer", and install a printer as usual for your situation. o When asked for a Printer Name and Location, I chose Kdraft for a Draft (low resolution) name, select desired dpi for resolution, and for a location "Network". These names can be anything you want and easy to remember. o Select "Finish" Then: repeat the process as above and select another name such as "Knormal" (Normal resolution) Then: repeat the process as above and select another name such as "Kphoto" (High resolution) Both Gnome and KDE applications will now provide the user with the kdeprinter printer dialogue when requesting to print from the running application. The Network printer used at our company happens to be an HP Design Jet 860C, and protocol used for access is TCP. HP Direct protocol woks as well. IPP protocol was found to be troublesome and somewhat erratic as our experience and was abandoned. Dapper Drake updated daily, is the operating system for all of the above discussions. FWIW Harry Wert Physicist </BODY> </HTML>