Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 07:45 +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 01:38:12AM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: About a years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding xprint downscaling printing resolution by a factor of 2. Do you still experience this problem today? No, as the bug log already says, problem disappeared, nobody knows why. Thanks for the confirmation. Additionally, to the best of my knowledge, the Debian build of mozilla/galeon is not using xprint anymore, so I don't know how to retest (it was only application using xprint I know of). Iceweasel (firefox) still uses Xprint. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
Hi, About a years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding xprint downscaling printing resolution by a factor of 2. Do you still experience this problem today? With Xorg/Etch? If not, I will close this bug in the next weeks. Thanks, Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 01:38:12AM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: About a years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding xprint downscaling printing resolution by a factor of 2. Do you still experience this problem today? No, as the bug log already says, problem disappeared, nobody knows why. Additionally, to the best of my knowledge, the Debian build of mozilla/galeon is not using xprint anymore, so I don't know how to retest (it was only application using xprint I know of). -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 12:07 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: Package: xprint-common Version: 1:0.1.0.alpha1-13 Severity: important When I print from galeon through xprint through a cups queue to a Color LaserJet 2550 Series printer, the print is scaled down by a linear factor of 2 (it occupies only the top-left quarter of the page). This irrespective of whether the default_printer_resolution is 600, 1200 or 2400. Can you confirm you haven't got your printer set to running at 300 dpi in the printer (not Xprint) configuration? For instance if you use CUPS then check at http://localhost:631/printers (use the Configure Printer link) This seems to have appeared with my upgrade from 1:0.1.0.alpha1-12, but I'm not sure; maybe I just didn't print for a long time from this computer. There's no reason the situation would have changed from -12 to -13, but if you want to verify behaviour with older version you can find them at http://snapshot.debian.net/ Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:23:49PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 12:07 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: When I print from galeon through xprint through a cups queue to a Color LaserJet 2550 Series printer, the print is scaled down by a linear factor of 2 (it occupies only the top-left quarter of the page). This irrespective of whether the default_printer_resolution is 600, 1200 or 2400. Can you confirm you haven't got your printer set to running at 300 dpi in the printer (not Xprint) configuration? For instance if you use CUPS then check at http://localhost:631/printers (use the Configure Printer link) There isn't any resolution setting there. Here's the full config page: CMYK Inks CMYK Inks: Fast Color Options Color Options: Automatic Edge Control: Normal Graphics Halftone: Smooth Graphics Neutral Grays: Black only Photographs Halftone: Smooth Photographs Neutral Grays: 4-color Print Color as Gray:Off RGB Color: sRGB Text Halftone: Smooth Text Neutral Grays: Black only Finishing Manually Print on 2nd Side: No General Media Size: a4 Media Type: Unspecified Paper Source: Tray 1 Tray 1 (Manual):False Options Installed Memory Configuration: 64 - 71 MB RAM Paper Matching: Prompt User for Correct size Tray 2 (Optional): Not Installed Tray 3 (Optional): Not Installed Watermark/Overlay Watermark Angle:45i Watermark Color:Gray Watermark Font: Helvetica Bold Watermark Intensity:Medium Watermark Pages:All Watermark Size (points):48 Watermark Style:Medium Outline Watermark Text: Draft Watermark/Overlay: None Banners Starting Banner:none Ending Banner: none This seems to have appeared with my upgrade from 1:0.1.0.alpha1-12, but I'm not sure; maybe I just didn't print for a long time from this computer. There's no reason the situation would have changed from -12 to -13, but if you want to verify behaviour with older version you can find them at http://snapshot.debian.net/ Indeed -12 exhibits the same problem. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 11:32 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:23:49PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: Can you confirm you haven't got your printer set to running at 300 dpi in the printer (not Xprint) configuration? For instance if you use CUPS then check at http://localhost:631/printers (use the Configure Printer link) There isn't any resolution setting there. Here's the full config page: Hmm, that makes it more complicated, sorry about that. Seems the PPD files are not sufficiently standardised so we can't always rely on getting resolution settings from them. I presume you've installed the most recent PPD file (from the manufacturer or linuxprinting.org). It's hard to know what to suggest from here. Does your printer have a configuration page you can print off (from the printer's control panel, independently of your computer)? It might tell you the default resolution that it's running on. Have you tried the CUPS test page. I can't remember if it explicitly says what resolution it uses, but you can use the image of the 1-degree rays to tell 300dpi from higher resolutions. Oh, another trick worth trying is to set your Xprint resolution to 300 dpi and see if the print comes out correctly. Not satisfactory long term if your printer supports 2400 dpi, but it will help confirm if we've correctly diagnosed the problem. In that regard, is the mis-scaling always to a factor of 2? If your printer is configured to 300dpi, then I would expect Xprint resolution settings of 600, 1200 or 2400 to give mis-scaling factors of 2,4 and 8 respectively. I suspect the PDF files which Xprint generates will not have the same problem. You may have luck printing to PDF file (find them in ~/Xprintjobs) and sending the pdf file to your printer. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:16:53AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 11:32 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:23:49PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: Can you confirm you haven't got your printer set to running at 300 dpi in the printer (not Xprint) configuration? For instance if you use CUPS then check at http://localhost:631/printers (use the Configure Printer link) There isn't any resolution setting there. Here's the full config page: Hmm, that makes it more complicated, sorry about that. Seems the PPD files are not sufficiently standardised so we can't always rely on getting resolution settings from them. I presume you've installed the most recent PPD file (from the manufacturer or linuxprinting.org). I rechecked today: Manufacturer sends me to linuxprinting.org and I get the same PPD I already have from linuxprinting.org . It contains, among others: *DefaultResolution: 600dpi That's the only occurrence of the string resolution in it. It's hard to know what to suggest from here. Does your printer have a configuration page you can print off (from the printer's control panel, independently of your computer)? It might tell you the default resolution that it's running on. It says 600 dpi, both for colour and for monochrome. (bits per pixel: 1 and 8) Have you tried the CUPS test page. I can't remember if it explicitly says what resolution it uses, Yes, it does: 600x600dpi. but you can use the image of the 1-degree rays to tell 300dpi from higher resolutions. Shall I send you a scan? Without a reference to compare to, I can't decide. Oh, another trick worth trying is to set your Xprint resolution to 300 dpi and see if the print comes out correctly. It doesn't. In that regard, is the mis-scaling always to a factor of 2? Yes, the xprint resolution setting doesn't seem to make any difference. If your printer is configured to 300dpi, then I would expect Xprint resolution settings of 600, 1200 or 2400 to give mis-scaling factors of 2,4 and 8 respectively. No, always 2. I suspect the PDF files which Xprint generates will not have the same problem. They seem to be mis-scaled by a factor of 1.33 approximately, as seen by xpdf or gv. (33% too small.) The PostScript, on the other hand, is mis-scaled in the other direction: A factor of four, I'd say. This is all independent of the debconf default resolution setting. You may have luck printing to PDF file (find them in ~/Xprintjobs) and sending the pdf file to your printer. How do you expect me to send it to my printer? Convert it to PostScript and send it to the Cups queue? The printer doesn't have an FTP server, nor an HTTP/IPP server. And now... the problem has mysteriously disappeared! I changed the setting multiple times, each time printing from Galeon, and I always got a quarter-page. I started testing with Mozilla, I was getting a quarter-page, too, with different settings. I change the setting one last time, restart Mozilla, and it works! Back to galeon... it works! I don't understand a thing of how this is behaving. Veeery strange. Well, thanks for your suggestions. PDF and PS files are still wrong, though. Probably I should do a separate bug report about these. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 23:49 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: I rechecked today: Manufacturer sends me to linuxprinting.org and I get the same PPD I already have from linuxprinting.org . It contains, among others: *DefaultResolution: 600dpi OK, 600dpi then. Have you tried the CUPS test page. I can't remember if it explicitly says what resolution it uses, Yes, it does: 600x600dpi. but you can use the image of the 1-degree rays to tell 300dpi from higher resolutions. Shall I send you a scan? Without a reference to compare to, I can't decide. No, if it tells you the resolution explicitly then that's all we need, espeically since it matches the ppd file. Oh, another trick worth trying is to set your Xprint resolution to 300 dpi and see if the print comes out correctly. It doesn't. NO, now that we know it should be 600, we wouldn't expect 300dpi to work. If your printer is configured to 300dpi, then I would expect Xprint resolution settings of 600, 1200 or 2400 to give mis-scaling factors of 2,4 and 8 respectively. No, always 2. Odd. I suspect the PDF files which Xprint generates will not have the same problem. They seem to be mis-scaled by a factor of 1.33 approximately, as seen by xpdf or gv. (33% too small.) 33% isn't too large - sounds like the difference between A4 paper and US legal paper size. Are your paper size settings consistent? (the print dialog box in mozilla can change them, though it may not record the change between different invocations of mozilla). The PostScript, on the other hand, is mis-scaled in the other direction: A factor of four, I'd say. This is all independent of the debconf default resolution setting. OK. You may have luck printing to PDF file (find them in ~/Xprintjobs) and sending the pdf file to your printer. How do you expect me to send it to my printer? Convert it to PostScript and send it to the Cups queue? The printer doesn't have an FTP server, nor an HTTP/IPP server. From the command line, lp output.pdf. Or the print button in your pdf viewer. And now... the problem has mysteriously disappeared! I changed the setting multiple times, each time printing from Galeon, and I always got a quarter-page. I started testing with Mozilla, I was getting a quarter-page, too, with different settings. I change the setting one last time, restart Mozilla, and it works! Back to galeon... it works! I don't understand a thing of how this is behaving. Veeery strange. Well, thanks for your suggestions. Hmm, quite odd. Perhaps the fix was in the ppd file? I understood you downloading a fresh version of it for the testing we did above. In that case the new settings may not have come through until both CUPS and mozilla got restarted. Yes, the inner workings of Xprint are a Black Magic. Unfortunately our Chief Sorceror has disappeared beyond the Ether fighting Dragons, and the rest of us are left to muddle through as best we can. PDF and PS files are still wrong, though. Probably I should do a separate bug report about these. When you say the PS file is wrong, do you mean it's grossly mis-scaled when you view in gv? This is a known problem, I think it's already reported. You should have better luck with PDF though. Check the paper size and send me a copy of an errant pdf file, if it's still broken, before opening a new bug on it. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:01:43AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 23:49 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: You may have luck printing to PDF file (find them in ~/Xprintjobs) and sending the pdf file to your printer. How do you expect me to send it to my printer? Convert it to PostScript and send it to the Cups queue? The printer doesn't have an FTP server, nor an HTTP/IPP server. From the command line, lp output.pdf. OK. Or the print button in your pdf viewer. Well, this converts to postscript and sends the postscript to the cups queue. And now... the problem has mysteriously disappeared! I changed the setting multiple times, each time printing from Galeon, and I always got a quarter-page. I started testing with Mozilla, I was getting a quarter-page, too, with different settings. I change the setting one last time, restart Mozilla, and it works! Back to galeon... it works! I don't understand a thing of how this is behaving. Veeery strange. Well, thanks for your suggestions. Hmm, quite odd. Perhaps the fix was in the ppd file? I understood you downloading a fresh version of it for the testing we did above. I downloaded the latest PPD, but it was byte-to-byte identical to the one I already had, except that the default paper size was a4 instead of letter. PDF and PS files are still wrong, though. Probably I should do a separate bug report about these. When you say the PS file is wrong, do you mean it's grossly mis-scaled when you view in gv? This is a known problem, I think it's already reported. Yes, I mean that. -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#343581: xprint-common: print downscaled by factor of 2 irrespective of default_printer_resolution
Package: xprint-common Version: 1:0.1.0.alpha1-13 Severity: important When I print from galeon through xprint through a cups queue to a Color LaserJet 2550 Series printer, the print is scaled down by a linear factor of 2 (it occupies only the top-left quarter of the page). This irrespective of whether the default_printer_resolution is 600, 1200 or 2400. This seems to have appeared with my upgrade from 1:0.1.0.alpha1-12, but I'm not sure; maybe I just didn't print for a long time from this computer. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-1-686 Locale: LANG=fr_LU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages xprint-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0]1.4.62 Debian configuration management sy ii xbase-clients6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 miscellaneous X clients Versions of packages xprint-common recommends: ii xfonts-base6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 standard fonts for X ii xprint 1:0.1.0.alpha1-13 Xprint - the X11 print system (bin -- debconf information: * xprint-common/default_printer_resolution: 2400 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
