Cannot print from Open Office V.2

backfun · 08-29-2007, 07:00 AM

I am now using Fedora Core 4 which has Open Office V.2. I cannot print out of Open Office V2 whereas when I was using Fedora Core 3 which has Open Office V.1 I could print out of Open Office. Can anyone please help. Backfun

bigrigdriver · 08-29-2007, 10:36 AM

Have you used the OpenOffice spadmin utility to set up the printer?

backfun · 08-30-2007, 06:23 AM

Thanks, please help me by telling me how to get the Open Office spadmin utility. I am only new to Linux, having only migrated from Window only recently.

bigrigdriver · 08-30-2007, 06:56 AM

If OpenOffice is installed, spadmin is already installed.

Open a terminal and enter the command: locate spadmin. That should tell you where the spadmin executable is on your system. Then type the full path to that executable and press enter to run it.

pixellany · 08-30-2007, 07:06 AM

I have not needed to use spadmin on any recent distros...eg Mepis65, PCLOS2007

Once a printer is installed to the system, it appears in the options in OOo. Can you print from other apps?

nan0meter · 08-30-2007, 07:25 AM

I don't know FC4 in particular but I know in Fedora 7 there is an entry in the gnome menu which let's you configure printers.

System -> Administration -> Printing.

backfun · 09-10-2007, 09:44 PM

Thanks to all for your contribution. I now can print out of Open Office with my Canon printer BJC-4200SP