[03:21] <stocktongoodrepa> hello
[03:22] <holstein> o/
[04:07] <stocktongoodrepa> I just installed the latest ubuntu on our first test computer for sister Susan and now I have to learn how to port a program call esword to her computer.j
[04:07] <stocktongoodrepa>  wish there was an equivalent that would go on ubuntu direct
[05:18] <stocktongoodrepa> The Ubuntu Beginner's Guide
[13:14] <ntwrk_keith_> Good morning. Not sure if this is a Windows or Ubuntu issue but I have a desktop with ubuntu server running CUPS and connected to my USB printer. I then connect to it from my Windows/Linux workstations over the network. I can print from them just fine if I do it from Microsoft Word or websites but cant print from notepad. Any ideas?
[14:09] <holstein> ntwrk_keith_: notepad in windows?
[14:10] <holstein> ntwrk_keith_: printing should and usually is just from the system... you set up the printer in windwos, not in word or "websites"
[14:11] <holstein> the system should print from whatever apps... you can start testing and removing things... i supppose you could hard plug a printer into the windwos machine and see if notepad prints
[14:11] <holstein> notepad printing functionality would not be a deal breaker for me.. i would just print from something else
[14:12] <ntwrk_keith_> holstein: Windows notepad, yes. And I did setup the printer for the system... I'm just having problems printing from certain apps, specifically notepad.
[14:13] <ntwrk_keith_> And yes, when I used to have the printer plugged into the Windows 7 desktop, I could printer from any application, including notepad
[14:14] <holstein> i would change that from "used to" and plug the printer in.. try printing from notepad.. then i think you'll have a better idea of what the issue is
[14:15] <ntwrk_keith_> Hmm?
[14:15] <holstein> ntwrk_keith_: what im saying is.. if you havent plugged the printer in locally recently, then you cant say what the issue is
[14:16] <ntwrk_keith_> holstein: I know it works when it is plugged in
[14:16] <holstein> you plug the printer in, right now, and try printing.. if notepad doesnt print, you know it has nothing to do with ubuntu or the network
[14:16] <ntwrk_keith_> But I appreciate your advice
[14:16] <holstein> ntwrk_keith_: you said "when i used to".. if you have recieved an update, that could have broken functionality
[14:17] <ntwrk_keith_> It wasnt that long ago. The ubuntu server was stood up recently
[14:17] <holstein> i typically suggest as troubleshooting steps to rule out variables, and depending on how long it has been, you cant rule that out
[14:17] <ntwrk_keith_> And this happens from multiple Windows workstations. That would assume that all of them had the same update that broke the functionality
[14:18] <holstein> yes, that would assume that, and hard-plugging it could rule that out
[14:18] <holstein> i would try taking the same .txt files and printing from linux
[14:18] <holstein> i would try some different drivers maybe
[14:21] <holstein> i would say, there likely will be no one who says "i konw exactly what that issue is", so being open to troubleshooting ideas will be helpful
[21:59] <Vampy> has any one here used turnkey linux?