Edward Pilatowicz wrote: > 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?
I can't say I have ever seen it happen and printers I have used. It's probably best to raise a "printing" bug on it, then the 'solaris print team' can look at it. Have you tried installing CUPS & foomatics and seeing if it happen with that? Paul > >>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? >> > >
