No printer?

[John Ralls]

On Dec 15, 2009, at 12:26 PM, James Wilde wrote:

> Hi, I feel incredibly stupid.
> 
> I am running GC 2.2.9 on a Mac.  I'm relatively new to the Mac.  I've been using 2.2.9 on linux before, and I remember printing out reports without a problem.
> 
> Now I wanted to print my first report on the Mac.  I have my trusty Brother laser printer as the default printer on the Mac, directly connected via USB.  But when I press the print button or choose File/Print Report, there is no default printer and I can't find anywhere to add one.  I've been in under GnuCash/ Preferences and there's nothing on the Printing tab except something about print date format, print block characters.
> 
> I checked the documentation and the FAQ but found nothing about how to configure the printer.  So if someone can give me a hint, I'd be very grateful.
> 

Sorry for not commenting on this earlier; I didn't recognize it as an OSX problem until it seeped into my head that James Wilde had asked for help with Finance:Quote on OSX.

Anyway, yes, it's correct that Gnucash can't see the Mac's printers. It's because Gnucash depends on Gnome Desktop for printer configuration, and that's not part of the Gnucash.app bundle. 

Good job working out the work-around. I've updated the Readme pages in the Wiki to add this as a "Known Problem".

Regards,
John Ralls