[Techtalk] How do I get Gimp to print?

[Rebecca J. Walter]

On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 18:50, E. Sterling Wall wrote:
> OK, I feel really stupid, but I've never been able to get GIMP to print
> anything. When I try to print from GIMP what I get is one line of text
> (I think it's a description of the file or something). That's it.
> 
> I'm running Mandrake 8.2 on a Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop, with an HP
> Deskjet 840c printer. I have loaded the GIMP print rpms but that hasn't
> helped. What am I doing wrong?


What version of GIMP are you running?
Can you print from anything else?
What exactly does the output say and where is it? on the printout?

Are you using a raw queue when you print?

Did you select your printer in GIMP print?