On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:53:32PM -0800, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote: > - Having set up my printer using the CUPS web interface, I can click on > "Print Test Page", and the Mandrake Linux test page prints just fine. > - However, if I open up kups and choose to print a test page, only the > first couple of lines get printed, then the page is ejected. > - If I open the test page in kview and press "Print", then I get a page > completely covered in black ink. Not good. > - If I try to print ANY PostScript file using lpr, or try to print from > any program (kword, Mozilla, for example), I get a page full of black > ink. Not good.
More info: when I print from the web interface, I see these proceses: /bin/sh /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster 580 Test Page 1 lp 580 Test Page 1 parallel:/dev/lp1 580 Test Page 1 /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET -dDEBUG -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOMEDIAATTRS -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOUTPUTFILE=%stdout -c - This produces a proper print out. When I print with lpr: /bin/sh /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster 582 ryants test.ps 1 StpGamma=1.000 Density=1.000 StpBrightness=1.000 StpSaturation=1.000 Contrast=1.00 lp 582 ryants mozilla.ps 1 StpGamma=1.000 Density=1.000 StpBrightness=1.000 StpSaturation=1.000 Contrast=1.000 Cyan=1.000 Magenta=1.000 Yellow=1.0 parallel:/dev/lp1 582 ryants test.ps 1 StpGamma=1.000 Density=1.000 StpBrightness=1.000 StpSaturation=1.000 Contrast=1.000 Cyan=1.000 Magenta=1 /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET -dDEBUG -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOMEDIAATTRS -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOUTPUTFILE=%stdout -c - This results in a page full of black ink. So why does printing from the Web interface do one thing, but lpr does another? How do I influence lpr's behaviour? -- Ryan T. Sammartino http://members.shaw.ca/ryants/ Moneyliness is next to Godliness. -- Andries van Dam
