On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:59:16 +0100 Brian Potkin wrote: > On Mon 25 Jun 2012 at 22:34:58 +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > I searched for instructions on how to set up a print queue with CUPS so > > that Poppler is used to send Postscript to the printer, but I failed to > > find any detail in /usr/share/doc/cups-filters/README.txt.gz ... > > > > Were you referring to another README? > > Where can I find the correct command-line procedure to re-create my > > print queue and have it use Poppler? > > cups-filters 1.0.18-2+b1 > > 1. Selection of the renderer: Ghostscript or Poppler
Hello Brian, better late than never, I finally found the time to perform the additional test you asked me to do (see the complete bug log [1], if, understandably, you don't remember the details...). [1] http://bugs.debian.org/662999 I've just performed the following test (with poppler-utils installed): (A) I searched for all the suitable drivers: # lpinfo -m | grep 1320 gutenprint.5.2://hp-lj_1320/expert HP LaserJet 1320 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.9 foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-Postscript.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Foomatic/Postscript foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-pxlmono.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended) drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 hpijs, 3.12.6 drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320_series-hpijs-pcl3.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Series hpijs pcl3, 3.12.6 drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320_series-pcl3.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Series pcl3, hpcups 3.12.6 drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320.ppd HP LaserJet 1320, hpcups 3.12.6 drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320n-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320n hpijs, 3.12.6 drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320n.ppd HP LaserJet 1320n, hpcups 3.12.6 drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320nw-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320nw hpijs, 3.12.6 drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320nw.ppd HP LaserJet 1320nw, hpcups 3.12.6 drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320tn-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320tn hpijs, 3.12.6 drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320tn.ppd HP LaserJet 1320tn, hpcups 3.12.6 (B) I removed the print queue and recreated it from scratch using the following PostScript PPD: # lpadmin -x lj # lpadmin -p lj -E -v parallel:/dev/lp0 \ -m foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-pxlmono.ppd \ -o pdftops-renderer=pdftops \ -L "dining room" -D "HP LaserJet 1320" # lpoptions -p lj -o media=A4 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge # lpadmin -d lj It seems that it works this way, as well (for both plain text files and PDF files)! Now the question is: should I stay with this setup (PostScript PPD with Poppler renderer) or go back to the other one (PCL PPD with default renderer)? They both seem to work with my printer. I would greatly appreciate it, if you could tell me what you think about this dilemma... Thanks for your time and sorry for the long delay in my reply! -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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