Cups crap

[Rick Stevens]

Powell, James F CONT wrote:
> 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.

Glad to help, Jim.

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>[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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