Hi, I've been using a combination of magicfilter and lpr (and now lprng), for a long time to print to inkjet printers. Today I tried a new HP photosmart P1000 printer at work and searched for the best way to make it work.
Using magicfilter from testing/unstable, I pick the dj550c filter but it appears to use 300 dpi. A quick google search yields an entry at www.linuxprinting.org http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=131424 They say to use the cdj550 ghostscript driver at 600x600. Selecting the cdj550 links brings us to a configuration tools with options for PDQ-O-Matic, CUPS-O-Matic, LPD-O-Matic. I suppose this means the Debian-compatible method of using this is to install cupsomatic-ppd, cupsys and cupsys-client? This wants to remove lprng and I'll have to learn everything. Is it worth it? Magicfilter's /etc/magicfilter/dj550c-filter script has this: # PostScript 0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs @cdj550.upp -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -s So it appears to use the same ghostscript driver. Should I just stick an `-r600x600` in there? Will I get better results with cups? - What's the best overall method of setting up printing? (What a can of worms, huh?) Thanks, Peter