Re: 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(a)redhat.com
> >[mailto:[e-mail]]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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