hey paul,
so with the old epson inkjet stylus color 740i used the foomatic/stcolor
driver (the recommended default). i don't remember if i tried others.
with the new hp deskjet 5940 i tried a _bunch_ of different built in
and they all had a more serious issues of spitting out an extra page of
colorful garbage. eventually i downloaded HP-DeskJet_5940-hpijs.ppd
from:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_5940
and installed it into:
/usr/lib/lp/model/ppd/system/foomatic/HP
and updated:
/usr/lib/lp/model/ppd/ppdcache
now i'm using the following recommended driver:
foomatic/hpijs
and i can print without the extra page but stuff still get's cut off.
do you really think it's a .ppd file problem after seeing the same
issue with two different printers and drivers?
ed
> Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
> >
> >so i've got an annoying printing problem that i was hoping someone here
> >could help me with.
> >
> >the problem is that the last 1/4 inch or so of the bottom of every
> >page i try to print gets cut off.
> >
> >i've seen this problem with the following configs:
> > s10 fcs on sparc + epson usb inkjet printer
> > snv_38 on i386 + (same) epson usb inkjet printer
> > snv_38 on i386 + hp usb inkjet printer
> >
> >in all cases i configured the printer via printmgr. most of the
> >times when i print documents i use either lp or mpage.
> >
> >after much trial, error, and wasted paper i finally found some mpage
> >options that allow me to not cut off the bottom of the page when using
> >that tool, but this is not an ideal solution. really i'd like to be
> >able to fix this in the framework somehow so no matter how i print stuff
> >i don't hit this problem.
> >
> >i was thinking may be i could try changing the .ppd file for my printer,
> >but since i've seen this problem with two different printers it seems
> >like more or a framework issue. perhaps there's a filter script
> >somewhere that i could update?
> >
> >should i just file a bug on the issues? (if so, what cat/subcat?)
> >
> >any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
> It sounds like a PPD file problem to me! Have you tried using a
> different ppd file (eg. if you used the 'recommended' one try one of the
> others for your printer)? What are the print models that you are having
> problems with? Does it do it with everything you print or just certain
> things?
>
