[clue-tech] Printing from glabels in Kubuntu

[Chuck Downing]

Guys,

Never mind for the moment.  It turns out that I had a font problem. 
When thinking about the penultimate paragraph, I learned that glabels' 
default fonts are TrueType fonts.  Since I don't have them loaded into 
my Linux box, CUPS could not resolve them for either printer, while the 
Windows XP system could.  By changing the font in glabels, I now get a 
readable printout.

Thanks for your time.


Chuck Downing wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I am the Secretary of a Masonic group of about 50 members.  I recently
> entered the group's mailing addresses and some other stuff into an MySQL
> database on my Kubuntu box.  From MySQL, I can create a comma-separated
> variables file which can be read by glabels to create mailing labels.
> There the fun begins.
> 
> I am using glabels version 2.1.2 on Kubuntu, with KDE 3.5.2.  glabels
> produces usable labels, but with some strange quirks.  If I attempt to
> print directly from the program, I get a garbled page with what appear
> to be random blank characters, mixed with a few "7", "(", ")", ":" and
> "." characters.
> 
> glabels can export/print to a pdf file.  When I do so, I see the same
> garbled pattern with KGhostView.  On the other hand, I can read the
> correct data with xpdf, 3.01-7, and KPDF, 4.3.5.2-0.  However, when I
> print from KPDF, I get the same garbled output.  Of course, xpdf itself
> has no print option.
> 
> I can see _and print_ everything correctly with Adobe Reader, version
> 8.0 for Windows.  Adobe Reader, version 7.0 for Linux, reads the file 
> OK, but prints the same garbage.
> 
> I have a Canon Pixma-MP600 printer directly attached to the Linux box 
> and an Epson Stylus Color RX620 attached through a Samba network and my 
> Windows XP box.  Both give the same garbled printout, but I may still 
> have a CUPS problem, which I have been unable to resolve.
> 
> Where should I turn next?
> 
> Thanks for your help.


-- 
Chuck Downing
Leadville, Colorado


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