Resolved: printing problem: losing text at bottom

[Karl Larsen]

Michael Hennebry wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>     
>>> On 6/17/07, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Michael Hennebry wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> What critters to I have to inform regarding
>>>>> the printable area of my PSC 1500?
>>>>> How?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running FC6.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>    I'm having the exact same problem. I do not have a fix and it is
>>>> very bad that you can't print a file any more. I think it needs to be
>>>> repaired.
>>>>         
>
>
>   
>>     I am using a Brother HL-1440 and it says 81/2 by 11 and the paper is
>> that size. Same printer on FC4 has no problem. Also on FC6 the font size
>> is much larger and it appears to be all darker than a normal print on FC4.
>>     
>
> Editing PSC_1500_series.ppd did the trick for lp,
> but had no effect on a2ps.
> For a2ps, I had to edit a2ps.cfg .
>
> In /etc/cups/ppd/PSC_1500_series.ppd ,  I changed
> *HWMargins: 18 36 18 9
> to
> *HWMargins: 18 54 18 9
> The margin order is left, bottom, right, top.
>
> In /etc/a2ps.cfg , I changed
> Medium: Letter            612     792
> to
> Medium: Letter      612     792  18 54  594 783
> There were gratuitous tabs.
> The values are in points.
> The first two are the paper dimensions.
> The next two are the x, y position of the
> lower left corner of the printable area.
> The last two are the x, y position of the upper right.
>
> lp still gives me rather dark print.
>
>   
    I think it might be a change in Ghostwriter. It's a new version for 
FC6.

Karl