Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0 - SOLVED

2007-08-04 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
Thanks for all the input - the HPLJ4 driver "supplied by" Minolta (with CentOS 5) solved my problem. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 02 August 2007, "Mark Hull-Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting Mark, possibly something there that will help you. Lanny ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-03 Thread fredex
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 10:32:30AM -0700, Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > On 8/2/07, fredex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I missed earlier postings in this thread, so please allow me to ask: > > Areyou trying to print with (e.g.) Acroread, or are you trying to print > > using "lpr foo.pdf"? Does ei

RE: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-03 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 00:15 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Not in reader, but down at the CUPS setup when you setup your printer > originally you probably chose a model from the foomatic database that > was close-enough, go back and change that model to HP Deskjet which > should provide the low

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-03 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/2/07, fredex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I missed earlier postings in this thread, so please allow me to ask: > Areyou trying to print with (e.g.) Acroread, or are you trying to print > using "lpr foo.pdf"? Does either (or neither) work? > I would be amazed if the lpr command worked - neve

RE: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Hull-Richter > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 6:02 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0 > > On 8/2/

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread fredex
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 02:18:41PM -0700, Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > On 8/2/07, Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It could have been that the windows driver sent the images compressed or > > some > > other optimizations. > > Open printing recommends the pxlmono driver. Maybe theirs is mor

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Marko A. Jennings
On Thu, August 2, 2007 6:02 pm, Mark Hull-Richter wrote: > On 8/2/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ok, so it's not a general postscript failure, but maybe just EPS... >> > > EPS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encapsulated_PostScript ___

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/2/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, so it's not a general postscript failure, but maybe just EPS... > EPS? > If the printer needs a hard-reset to recover then it is probably > because the printer isn't fully PCL compatible as it advertises, > can you try using an HP De

RE: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Hull-Richter > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:44 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0 > > On 8/2/

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/2/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the looks of it it appears to be a problem with printing postscript. > > Is the ghostscript package and it's fonts properly installed? > Here's what I show (that I know to looks for, although I presume that if this shows, other dependen

RE: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Hull-Richter > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:53 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0 > > On 8/1/07, J

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/2/07, Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It could have been that the windows driver sent the images compressed or some > other optimizations. > Open printing recommends the pxlmono driver. Maybe theirs is more up to date. > That's the one I'm using Thanks. mhr

[CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Scott Silva
Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 8/2/2007 11:11 AM: > On 8/2/07, Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Try a lower resolution as a test for a printer memory issue. >> > > Same problem at 600dpi and 300dpi (lowest setting available). > > Still, if that were the problem, would it not al

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/2/07, Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try a lower resolution as a test for a printer memory issue. > Same problem at 600dpi and 300dpi (lowest setting available). Still, if that were the problem, would it not also occur when printing from a Wndows guest under VMWare to the same prin

[CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Scott Silva
Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 8/2/2007 9:53 AM: > On 8/1/07, John Plemons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Have you checked for driver up dates for the printer?? Could be the >> issue... >> > > According to most of the sites I found in Google, the last update to > the Linux printer driv

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-02 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/1/07, John Plemons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you checked for driver up dates for the printer?? Could be the issue... > According to most of the sites I found in Google, the last update to the Linux printer driver was on August 12, 2004. I am using the latest RedHat drivers for RH

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/1/07, John Plemons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One other thing, printer settings, and also is it only with this PDF file, > or all?? If it is just this PDF then it could be a bad conversion... > > john > > > Scott Silva wrote: >Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 7/31/2007 6:1

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Mark Hull-Richter
On 8/1/07, Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the printer have enough memory to render a full page at whatever output > resolution you are using? > Ithas 4MB on board memory. The PDFs I have been unable to print range from 1/2MB to 3MB, none larger, but I'm not sure that answers the que

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread John Plemons
One other thing, printer settings, and also is it only with this PDF file, or all?? If it is just this PDF then it could be a bad conversion... john Scott Silva wrote: Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 7/31/2007 6:19 PM: For some reason, when I try to print any graphic P

Re: [CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread John Plemons
Have you checked for driver up dates for the printer?? Could be the issue... john Scott Silva wrote: Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 7/31/2007 6:19 PM: For some reason, when I try to print any graphic PDF (or a PS file made from said graphic), it kills my Minolta 1

[CentOS] Re: Can't print PDFs or PSs in CentOS 5.0

2007-08-01 Thread Scott Silva
Mark Hull-Richter spake the following on 7/31/2007 6:19 PM: > For some reason, when I try to print any graphic PDF (or a PS file made > from said graphic), it kills my Minolta 1100 laser printer, and I have > to cancel the job, disable the printer and turn the printer off and on > as many times as