[scribus] Printing with Scribus

[Gregory Pittman]

On 05/26/2010 10:09 AM, Bo Engborg wrote:
> Try exporting to a pdf first, and then print from Adobe reader or other pdf
> reader.
>
> I think there should be a warning when you try to print directly from
> Scribus, since it is not handling direct printing very well.
>
> - Bo E -

This happens to me with Fedora also. Try using an alternative printing 
command, for example,

lpr -Pyourprinttername

in the print dialog in Scribus after you check the box. Using Adobe 
Reader should work, but sometimes you may just want to make a quick 
print from Scribus.

Greg
>
>
> 2010/5/26 Ray<risely at tadaust.org.au>
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> As a 77 yr old newbie to Ubuntu I seem to be having a problem printing any
>> pages from Scribus.
>> As Christoph says Scribus is not the friendliest program to use and I
>> realise it will take some practice to find all the controls etc. I also
>> have
>> been using PagePlus and am amazed how easy that program is to make up DTP
>> pages.
>> My immediate problem is that I can successfully print pages from the Open
>> Office Word Processor and O.O. Presentation programs with my Pixma iP 5300,
>> but not from Scribus 1.3.3.13svn program.
>> When I make up a page and tell it to print, it feeds out a blank page.
>> What have I missed?
>>
>> Ned
>>
>>
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