[Scribus] How to print?

[avox]

BandiPat-2 wrote:
> 
> avox wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> BandiPat-2 wrote:
>>> avox wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> This is *not* a Scribus bug. You should complain to your distro / CUPS
>>>> /
>>>> GutenPrint
>>>> to get this fixed. GhostScript has no problem at all to produce an RGB
>>>> bitmap instead
>>>> of a CMYK one if instructed so. Your print system just messes up (and
>>>> not
>>>> making the
>>>> fatal Gutenprint message visible to the end user is a bug in itself in
>>>> my
>>>> opinion)
>>>>
>>>> /Andreas
>>> ==============
>>>
>>> Ok, Andreas, if we are going to start assigning blame, let's put this 
>>> question out there.
>>>
>>> Can anyone print a Scribus file directly to their attached printer from 
>>> Scribus using Scribus' printing mechanism and Linux using CUPS & 
>>> Gutenprint drivers?
>>>
>>> Since I believe the answer is going to be "no" from everyone, what do 
>>> you assign the blame to at that point?  If it were not somehow 
>>> associated with Scribus, wouldn't we have problems with every other 
>>> application that prints in Linux?  Or at least one other application?
>>>
>> 
>> Pat, I analyzed that bug with the help of the CUPS errorlog. 
>> I'm not guessing here. I'm sure that if you find another application
>> which produces a PostScript file using /DeviceCMYK it won't print
>> either.
>> 
>> In your case it's probably another bug since kprinter works for you.
>> What happens if you print to file and print that with "lpr filename" 
>> from the terminal?
>> 
>> /Andreas
> ===========
> 
> Ok, I wanted to test several times before replying, so here are my 
> results.  I assume you wanted me to output a file from Scribus to print 
> using the lpr command?  Just to be safe, I also did just a text file.
> 
> text file printed normally
> .ps file from Scribus printed normally
> Using alternate command with either lp or lpr in Scribus worked normally.
> 
> So, where do we look now?  If your theory is correct, the lpr command 
> should not have worked printing a file produced by Scribus or from the 
> alternate command line.  Is that correct?
> 

True. OTOH Scribus also only executes the lpr command on that file
when printing directly. What's the name of your printer? Does the name
contain spaces?

/Andreas
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