Printing from abiword and other apps

hi
this is my first post and i'd like to start off by saying that this distro is amazing! i love it!
when i first decided to install it, i thought i might not be able to do it as i am such a dumb-user... but actually, installing it was extremely easy!
i've been using archlinux for a couple of weeks now but i haven't solved all my problems yet...
the most annoying is printing.
i installed cups and set up my printer. it works just fine from OpenOffice but i don't know how to set abiword and other apps (such as xfprint) to print from the same printer.
when i try from abiword, i can only print using lpr and that doesn't work. what should i do to make abiword see my printer?
.a.

sarah31 wrote:perhaps give us a bit more details about your printer and default settings for the applications you want to print in?
i would... just i don't know what information you might need...
the printer is an epson stylus color 400 on a parallel port and is set up properly with cups and the driver i've always used (gimp-print). the program i'm trying to print from with no success is abiword.
i tried what kalidor suggested and it works from acroread but it doesn't work from abiword.
.a.

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