Cups crap

Powell, James F CONT james.f.powell at navy.mil
Thu Jun 10 23:39:10 UTC 2004


Thanks dude, works like a champ, even get color.  They must have done something to the printer specific drivers in the upgrade, at least the generic ones work.

Jim Powell
L3 Communications GSI
Senior Scientist/Engineer
AV-8B Weapons Integration
james.f.powell at navy.mil <mailto:james.f.powell at navy.mil>
(760)939-9089


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 15:52
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Cups crap
> 
> 
> Powell, James F CONT wrote:
> > Just a little more Info:
> > 
> > I've had some time this afternoon, so I set up the printer 
> in a number of different ways:  SMB, JetDirect and IPP, all 
> produced the same result, blank paper coming from the 
> printer.  I don't know if this information might point 
> someone in a direction that will help me troubleshoot this or 
> not, but there it is.
> 
> I'm using an HP4050N with FC1 and FC2 via JetDirect.  Here's the setup
> from [redhat|system]-config-printers:
> 
> 	Queue name tab:
> 		Name: BigJet
> 		About: LaserJet 4050N
> 
> 	Queue type tab:
> 		Queue type: Networked JetDirect
> 		Printer: www.xxx.yyy.zzz (IP address)
> 		Port: 9100
> 
> 	Queue Options tab:
> 		Banner Pages:
> 			At start of job: none
> 			At end of job: none
> 		Imageable Area
> 			All margins: 36
> 		Filter options:
> 			cpi: 12
> 			lpi: 7
> 			page-bottom: 86
> 			page-left 57
> 			page-right 57
> 			page-top: 72
> 			scaling: 100
> 			wrap: true
> 
> 	Printer driver tab:
> 		PCL6/PCL XL printer (pxlmono)
> 
> 	Driver options tab:
> 		Send Form Feed (FF): unchecked
> 		Send End-Of-Transmission (EOT): unchecked
> 		Assume Unknown Data Is Text: unchecked
> 		Prerender Postscript: unchecked
> 		Convert Text to Postscript: checked
> 		Effective Filter Locale: C
> 		JCL Resolution: 600
> 		Printout Mode: Normal Grayscale
> 		Page Size: US Letter
> 		Resolution: 600 DPI
> 		GhostScript Resolution: 600 DPI
> 		Color Mode: Grayscale
> 		Media Source: Tray 2
> 
> That works for me.  I suspect it'll work for you, too.
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