What type of paper are you printing on? What resolution? and from what application?
A On 1/2/07, Eric Tiffany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/2/07 6:17 PM, "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > if you need to change the paper type you can do this from the cups > > interface: > > > > http://localhost:631 > > Actually, you can't select the paper type. > > You can only select the Printout Mode, which selects the "quality" but in > (almost) all cases says "(auto-detect paper)". If you set the Printout Mode > to "Photo" then it will expect photo paper. > > The other setting is "Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type" which has a > bunch of settings, but the choices that mention paper indicate photo paper. > > I haven't checked all possible permutations, but I'm pretty sure that the > results will be equivalently crappy. > > > > > If you are printing on plain paper and have plain paper selected (as > > an example) and the quality is still poor please scan the result and > > post the output. > > I have done this with a PDF I created a while ago to show HP why the Mac > drivers are broken (and which they ignored). Using plain paper, and with > the default settings, I have printed using the HP Windows XP drivers and the > HPLIP drivers (1.6.12 on Ubuntu) and scanned the results. The scans and the > original PDF are attached. You will note that the HPLIP version shows a lot > of bleeding around the black characters and the black border (and the > position and size of the image is larger on the HPLIP version too, but > that's harder to see). > > So there you go. BTW, the Mac drivers produce equally crappy output. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Aaron > > > > On 1/2/07, Eric Tiffany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Printing black text on a color background produces terrible results on my > >> Photosmart 3210 printed using hplip 1.6.12 on Ubuntu 6.10. For example, > >> just go to > >> > >> http://hplip.sourceforge.net/mailing_lists.html > >> > >> and print the first page (making sure to set your browser print settings to > >> print background colors). > >> > >> You will see that the black text bleeds into the blue background of the > >> menu > >> on the left side of the page. > >> > >> This page prints correctly on Windows XP. It also prints ok (but not > >> perfectly) on Mac OS X but only if you set up your print settings to > >> pretend > >> that you have inkjet paper. > >> > >> Evidently, the HPLIP and Mac OS drivers for this 3200 series printer don't > >> autodetect the type of paper. Since there is no way to set the paper type > >> on the HPLIP driver for this printer, the output is lousy. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > >> your > >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > >> _______________________________________________ > >> HPLIP-Help mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help > >> > > > > > > > -- I don't care, I'm still free - You can't take the sky from me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
