[Fwd: Need peoples to test Gutenprint package]

[Parag N(पराग़)]

Hi,
> Op dinsdag 26-09-2006 om 19:23 uur [tijdzone +0530], schreef Rahul:
> > >     As i feel its packaging is completed now, i need you peoples to
> > > test it and give your feedback  here or in bugzilla. My Sponsor Kevin
> > > has created a yum repository for this package. To Use this package for
> > > FC5(i386/x86_64) and FC6 (i386), use following link to download it.
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199108#c59
>
> I just tested it according to the instructions at the bugzilla entry.
> As I'm running rawhide, the mentioned yum config doesn't work.
> I had to change the yum config to this :
>
> [gutenprint-test]
> name=gutenprint testing rpms
> baseurl=http://www.scrye.com/gutenprint/development/$basearch/
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=0
>
> After that I installed the packages with :
>
> yum install gutenprint gutenprint-cups gutenprint-extras
> gutenprint-foomatic gutenprint-ppds-nl
>
> (I picked the nl ppd's as I'm living in the Netherlands)
>
> Next I started system-config-printer and tried to add
> a printer. The gutenprint ppds integrated perfect into s-c-p!
> In s-c-p I added a new printer and used the ppd for the
> Canon Pixma IP4000. (Actually my printer is a Canon Pixma
> IP5200R connected via ethernet, but nmap -O said it is
> a Canon Pixmar IP4000R printer).
>
> I tried to print a testpage from s-c-p and the printer performed
> it's job. However, the horizontal alignment of the different colors
> are wrong. The Y color is positioned just right, but the
> colors C and M are positioned at twice the horizontal position
> it should be. So if a dot needs to be set at coordinate 5, 5
> the Y color is placed at that coordinate, but the C and M colors
> are placed at coordinate 10, 5.
>
> Another bug is that the bottom part of the print gets clipped off
> the page (bottom margin). This is using A4 paper. I couldn't find
> a setting for the bottom margin in s-c-p, so I couldn't fiddle
> with this setting.
>
> These issues are probably specific to my printer, but these are
> my findings with gutenprint this far. The integration with s-c-p
> is perfect!

 I suggest you to post your test results to gutenprint mailing list.
There you can get help of gutenprint developers.

Regards,
Parag.