Printing Option Unavailable

Please make sure your cupsd is running...
Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then check that the cupsys service is on by default at computer startup, go to menu:
System->Administration->Services check the Printer Service (cupsys)

Hope this helps

Although cupsys wasn't started already, the printing option is still blanked/grayed out my applications

Please try to add your user to the lpadmin group
Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo adduser your_user_name lpadmin

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Logoff and logon with your user and please retry.

Hope This helps

still wont print...

sorry used wrong button :P

Seems your installed printer isn't recognized by the system and from Applications.

Have already tried to install a "generic text printer" or the cups-pdf printer to check cupsys is working with other system defined printers.

To install cups-pdf printer

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install cups-pdf

Then first try to print to pdf.

If this works try to remove and reinstall the Brother MFC-240c Printer.

Hope this helps

cups-pdf already installed, can print from happy digger, it has a little button for printing but stuff like openoffice, image viewer, ect
have that option grayed out.....still..

Try also to create new user and then try to print from it...

still no change

creating new use back in a sec

added new user, no results, the print option is still greyed out in common applications...

oh darn it,
my system has some app called lockdown, when i first got my computer i didn't have a printer and no need to print. so i disabled the print option :P
I'm such a cluts.

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.