Common Macintosh Problems

Common Linux Problems

Problem

Possible Cause and Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Possible Cause and Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The printer does not

Incompatibility between the PDF file and the

 

 

 

I can’t change settings

You need to have administrator privileges to be able

 

 

print PDF file correctly.

Acrobat products:

 

 

 

in the configuration

to change global settings.

 

 

Some parts of graphics,

 

 

 

 

Printing the PDF file as an image may solve this

 

 

 

tool.

 

 

 

 

 

text, or illustrations are

 

 

 

 

problem. Turn on Print As Image from the

 

 

 

 

 

missing.

 

 

 

I am using the KDE

You may not have the GTK libraries installed. These

Acrobat printing options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

desktop but the

usually come with most Linux distributions, but you

 

NOTE:It will take longer to print when you print a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration tool and

may have to install them manually. Refer to your

 

 

 

 

PDF file as an image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LLPR won’t start.

distribution’s installation manual for more details

 

 

 

 

 

The document has

Update your Mac OS to OS 10.3.3 or higher.

 

 

 

 

about installing additional packages.

 

 

 

 

 

printed, but the print

 

 

 

 

I just installed this

Some versions of the KDE or GNOME desktop

 

 

 

 

job has not

 

 

 

 

package but can’t find

environments may require that you restart your

 

 

 

 

disappeared from the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

entries in the KDE/

session for the changes to take effect.

 

 

 

 

spooler in Mac OS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gnome menus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I get a “Some options

Some printers have conflicting settings, meaning

 

 

 

 

Some letters are not

This problem is caused because Mac OS can not

 

 

 

 

 

are not selected” error

that some settings for two options can’t be selected

 

 

displayed normally

create the font during the Cover page printing.

 

 

 

message while editing

at the same time. When you change a setting and

 

 

during the Cover page

English alphabet and numbers are displayed

 

 

 

the printer settings.

the Printer Package detects such a conflict, the

 

 

printing.

normally at the Cover page.

 

 

 

 

conflicting option is changed to a “No Choice” value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have to choose an option that does not conflict

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

before being able to submit the changes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can’t make a printer

In some conditions, it may not be possible to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the system default.

change the default queue. This happens with some

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

variants of LPRng, especially on recent RedHat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

systems that use the “printconf” database of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

queues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When using printconf, the /etc./printcap file is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatically refreshed from the database of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

printers managed by the system (usually through

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the “printtool” command), and the queues in /

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

etc./printcap.local are appended to the resulting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

file. The default queue in LPRng is defined as the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

first queue in /etc./printcap, and therefore it is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not possible for the Linux Printer Package to change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the default when some queues have otherwise been

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

defined using printtool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LPD systems identify the default queue as the one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

named “lp”. Thus, if there is already a queue by this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

name, and if it doesn’t have an alias, then you won’t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

be able to change the default. To work around this,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you can either delete the queue or rename it by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

manually editing the /etc./printcap file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The N-up setting does

The N-up feature is achieved through post-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not work correctly for

processing of the PostScript data that is sent to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

some of my

printing system. However, such post-processing can

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

documents.

only be adequately achieved if the PostScript data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

conforms to the Adobe Document Structing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conventions. Problems may arise when using N-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and other features that rely on post-processing if

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the document being printed isn’t compliant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.9

Solving Problems

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