Hi Edward, Paul Cunningham wrote: > Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
>> >> 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? I just had a thought on your 'cut off the bottom of the page' problem, but its probably not the reason for it ..... If one prints, saying use a page size of X, to a printer with paper size Y (which has a length smaller than X) then I think that would cause it to chop of the bottom and maybe the top of page. Ie. if one prints 'A4' output to a printer/queue with 'Letter' paper then, whoops, its probably lost a few lines. But if one is printing 'Letter' to 'Letter' then hopefully all should be well. So, here in the UK printer we use A4 paper, if I setup a print queue and then change its ppd file to say 'Legal' paper size (ie. longer than a4) and set /etc/sfw/a2ps-site.cfg medium size to 'Legal' also; then doing a test print using 'lp -d myprinter testpage.txt' then the printed output gets chopped. With the paper size set correctly to A4, in the PPD file and /etc/sfw/a2ps-site.cfg file, then it prints okay. Just a thought :-) Paul 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? >>> >> >> >
