On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 04:53, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote: > Having upgraded to the latest cooker, specifically: > > cups-1.1.18-5mdk > cups-drivers-1.1-93mdk > gimpprint-4.2.5-7mdk > foomatic-filters-3.0-0.beta1.20030203.1mdk > > I observe the following strange behaviour: > > - 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. > > I'm a total loss to figure out why. I have an HP DeskJet 895Cxi. I'm > using the HP DeskJet 895C, CUPS+Gimp-Print v4.2.5 driver. Driver > settings: > > - Output Mode: Colour. Changing this makes no difference in behaviour. > - Resolution: 600x600 DPI. Changing this make no difference in > behaviour. > - Media Size: Letter, Media Type: Plain > - STP: Brightness 1.0, Contrast 1.0, Cyan 1.0, Density 1.0, Dither > Algorithm: Adaptive Hybrid, Gamma 1.0, Image Type: Solid Colours, > Magenta: 1.0, Saturation: 1.0, Yellow: 1.0. > > Changing any of the above does not alter the behaviour observed. > > Prior to upgrading to Cooker (from a 9.0 install), the printer operatoed > correctly. > > Any suggestions?
For a start, don't use gimp-print. It's not related to your problem, but HP's ijs stuff is way, way better for HP printers than gimp-print. Use the hpijs drivers, not gimp-print. -- adamw
