ChrisM Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 My local printer will not print from OOo. It will print a test page OK from the MCC and also spadmin. It'll also print an email I tried as a test. So it seems to be conmnected and talking with my PC. But it'll not print a doc in either .doc or .swx format - any suggestions? In MCC it shows as prinetr being configured OK. I've switched printer and PC off -on/reinstalled through the MCC/taken the cable out -in > still the same problems. MDK 10.2 KDE 3.3 Samsung ML-1755 printer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Have you tried adjusting the printer settings in OOo? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted August 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 (edited) Have you tried adjusting the printer settings in OOo? :) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To no avail _ me thinks its borked. From the OOo documents: File/Printer Settings a Printer Setup window opens. Selecting Properties shows the following > Paper size - empty with no options to select A4 etc; Paper Tray says <ignore> without any option to select a tray. from /usr/lib/openoffice/spadmin.bin I can select the printer administration, but its just as above; however, it will not print a test opage from here. Edited August 21, 2005 by ChrisM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Maybe this helps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 happened to me once after an upgrade to a newer version of OOo. try this........ close OOo if you have it open. go to /home/you & rename the .openoffice folder to .openoffice~. (don't delete it in case you might want to copy over some things later) restart OOo. it will create a new setting folder in /home. try to print. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted August 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Maybe this helps? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> thanks for this scarecrow. Thing is, until recently when it was running through a network (via a HP Jetdirect) it worked fine. Since abandoning the network, the problems are occuring only now occuring as a local printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted August 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 happened to me once after an upgrade to a newer version of OOo. try this........ close OOo if you have it open. go to /home/you & rename the .openoffice folder to .openoffice~. (don't delete it in case you might want to copy over some things later) restart OOo. it will create a new setting folder in /home. try to print. Chris <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for this chris, but unfortunately that didn't work either. I've since unistalled and reinstalled OOo through the MCC - and am I'm still unable to print. I then installed Star Office 7 - and everything just works fine - be it as a local or if connected to the print server. Whilst I'm happy with this, none-the-less its frustrating about OOo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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