HP2220 printer - does not use global settings

[Steven Stern]

Kam Leo wrote:
> On 7/10/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
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>>Kam Leo wrote:
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>>>On 7/10/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
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>>>>Kam Leo wrote:
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>>>>>On 7/9/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>Kam Leo wrote:
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>>>>>>>On 7/9/05, Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>In FC4, I used system-config-printer to set up my HP 2220 printer.  In
>>>>>>>>the printer properties, print quality is set to "draft". However, when
>>>>>>>>printing from any application, it prints out at the "normal" print quality.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Should I be using a different driver than the one presented by
>>>>>>>>system-config-printer or should I be setting up the printer in some
>>>>>>>>other way?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Put http://localhost:631 in the location bar of your browser and check
>>>>>>>the CUPS web printer administration utility to see if you have
>>>>>>>conflicting settings.  If the HP 2220 is using a USB port you may need
>>>>>>>to disable the cups-config-daemon service from running on all levels.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It shows up in CUPS as I've configured it via s-c-p.  If I disable CUPS,
>>>>>>what tools do I use to manager the 3 printers I'm connected to?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I did not and do not recommend disabling CUPS.  What I suggested was
>>>>>that you disable the cups-config-deamon service which is a utility tha
>>>>>loads at run levels 3-5 and scans the dbus for new hardward.  Follow
>>>>>this link, http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L301 , and read about
>>>>>cups-config-daemon.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks. I tried that and it still prints in a high quality mode, despite
>>>>the global settings.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>After you disabled cups-config-daemon did you go into
>>>system-config-printer select your printer, change the print quality
>>>settigs, and click on "Apply"?  If not, try it again because the
>>>settings provided by cups-config-daemon will still be in effect until
>>>after you do.  By the way,   check system-config-services and make
>>>sure that cups-config-daemon is not set to run at levels 3 and 4.
>>>
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>>Did all that and rebooted as well to make sure X reloaded.
>>
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> 
> Too bad that none of this helps.  Please file a bug report with CUPS
> so the developers can fix it.
> 

For what it's worth, here's the response from CUPS:

"Please contact your Linux distributor for this issue."