On 11/01/2015 04:08 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > I am trying to get printing to work properly in my recently built machine. > 'hp-probe' identifies my printer as 'HP Deskjet 2510 series'. > When I print a text file from Gvim or a ps file from LO, > there are blank bands across the page, omitting lines or parts of letters. > > I have managed to get Kwrite to print properly > via file -> print -> options -> layout -> schema : > when set to 'normal' 'KDE' 'Vim dark', everything comes out as it should > (there are some amusing color effects, but it's all there). > > Alongside Gentoo, I installed Mint 17.2 (Xfce), > which started printing properly via Gedit + LO > after I set print quality to 'high' via the 'http://localhost:631' menu > (I didn't go back to test Gvim there, but assume it would work too). > Gedit has its own internal print-quality menu too. > > I have compared /etc/hp/hplip.conf in Gentoo vs Mint : > the Gentoo version of Hplip is 3.14.10 , Mint has 3.15.2 ; > the Gentoo version of Cups is 2.0 , Mint has 1.7 ; > the Gentoo version of Hplip was built with 'foomatic-ppd-install=no', > the Mint version with '...=yes'. > > I can contrive to print text + ps files easily > by copying them to an appropriate partition & rebooting into Mint, > but Gentoo is supposed to make these things easier, not more difficult. > > Finally, I've never got the print icon in Gvim to work : > I use the 'prtdialog' plug-in, which prints, but only badly as above. > > Can anyone offer advice or suggestions ? >
Have you tried with foomatic-ppd-install on Gentoo? It's the `static-ppds` USE flag, which may also need the `hpijs` USE flag. I had so many problems with hplip I stopped using it. I found out there was another way to use my hp CP1025nw with foomatic, and that works trouble free. Most of the problems was with hplip's installer, it just refused to work. It would say it was successful, but it never installed anything. Dan
