On Wed, 2007-07-03 at 16:25 -0800, dwelch91 wrote: > > I just downloaded the latest HPLIP and went through the nightmare of > installing it. It still only gives > > 600DPI as the maximum available resolution although the printer can > go to 1200x1200 and even > > 4800x1200 in photo mode.
> >At least it has the head cleaner, and that sort of stuff, although > I'm a little nervous that the automatic > > setup GUI scripts that came with it couldn't successfully detect my > printer even though CUPS could > > and can print to it.... > As one of the HPLIP developers, I would be very interested to know > what issues you encountered when > installing (also more information about your issue with 600dpi). Would > you mind posting your experiences\ > on the mailing list at: No problem, Don. Well, problem number one in building HPLIP was that it didn't play well with any installation other than /usr. My usual habit, when compiling code I'm not sure of, is to install it in a hierarchy under /home/myaccount/software which is symlinked appropriately to keep the binaries on my path, etc. Something in the build absolutely did not like this. I don't recall the precise problem any longer because it was solved by running the self-extracting installer and accepting its default of /usr for the build. (I reasoned that if absolutely necessary I could just kill anything that smelled of HPLIP and reinstall affected packages from my repository). The binary install did work in that it gave me a functioning print environment. The GUI configuration tool, however, could not detect my printer for love or money. CUPS could, though, and directed it to the appropriate HP drivers so this wasn't so much a problem. The head cleaning, et al utilities also worked. And this takes us to the 600x600dpi problem. I have an HP Deskjet D2368. All the docs I have available on it say that this is a 1200x1200-capable printer (and even babble something about "optimising" to 4800x1200, but I assume this is typical nonsense hype and just ignore that part). If, however, I go into printer setup -- whether through CUPS or through the HPLIP utilities like hp-toolkit directly -- the highest resolution for printing that I can select is 600x600dpi, full colour bleed, photo paper. I cannot get a higher resolution for love nor money. I can't see anything in the configuration of the software nor in any of the utilities to boost that any higher. This is HPLIP 1.7.1 running under Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) with CUPS 1.2.4-2ubuntu3. -- Michael T. Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Disclaimer: Any people who think that opinions expressed from my private email account in any way, shape or form are those of my employer have more lawyers at their beck and call than they do brain cells.
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