f8t2 glabels printing offset

[Gerry Tool]

On 9/19/07, Peter Gordon <peter at thecodergeek.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 12:11 -0500, Gerry Tool wrote:
> > I frequently use glabels.  In f8t2, it offsets the label printing
> > downward by about 1/2" when I send it to my Canon PIXMA ip4000 printer
> > using turboprint.  The same document sent to my Samsung Laser ML-1750
> > is not offset, nor is one using the gutenprint driver for the Canon,
> > however that driver has inferior quality output compared to the
> > turboprint driver.
> >
> > If I use another application such as gedit or OO.o Writer, the printed
> > output for all printers is identical, no offset on any printer.
> >
>
> Hi, Jerry,
>
> Unfortunately, TurboPrint is a proprietary system, and thus any support
> or troubleshooting is entirely up to you or any technical support its
> producer may have. It being proprietary also means that we in Fedora
> cannot easily debug it, if at all; and your mention of the gutenprint
> driver printing it with the correct offset only affirms my suspicion
> that it is in fact TurboPrint acting in error here.
>
> Hope that helps.
> --
I understand the problem with troubleshooting the proprietary driver.
I was simply asking for anyone's bright idea.

Also, the fact that turboprint does not exhibit an offset when
printing from other applications, including another gtk app (gedit)
makes me suspicious that glabels has at least something to do with the
offset.  Long ago in a previous Fedora release, this situation reared
its head, but at that time all gnome apps had the same offset problem.

I will pursue the issue with the turboprint developers.

Thanks.

Gerry