Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:25:56 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> To: Robert Backhaus <robbak@robbak.com>, Freebsd_mailinglist_PORTS <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: print/hpijs + new cups + foomatic not working with hpijs-pcl3e printer. Message-ID: <5343A484.5050900@passap.ru> In-Reply-To: <CABG_4j=n0bezrHV_gPo6kTV2oan7WVwgsDAs_x%2Bf_C%2BE8x81RA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABG_4j=n0bezrHV_gPo6kTV2oan7WVwgsDAs_x%2Bf_C%2BE8x81RA@mail.gmail.com>
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08.04.2014 08:05, Robert Backhaus пишет: > I've got a printing problem with the new cups. A brother laser using > Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e, is printing '%PDF-1.3' instead of the required page. > Examining the log file, It is trying to print it using texttops, before > handing that to ghostscript, never detecting that it was PDF. > Interestingly, if i print from libreoffice with .pdf print format enabled, > I get "%PDF-1.4" with "%¿" as the next line. > If I print without it, so it sends postscript, I get %PDF-1.3", again, with > "%¿" on the next line. So it seems like it is first converting the print > document to .pdf, but not detecting that it is pdf for the next step. > Hmm, another clue - I have a HP inkjet using Foomatic/hpijs, and it is > working OK, with both pdf and ps input. But the hpijs-pcl5e Brother is > failing. So the Hp inkjet is using a .ppd from the hpijs port, and the > brother is using the ppd from the foomatic-db port. > > All the print ports are up to date. > > I think the bit that is messing up is the foomatic filter, which, if I > understand it, decides what filters to put the file through. But the hpijs > printer is working fine, while the hpijs-pcl5e one is messing up, even > though they come from the same port. I don't understand the difference, so > I am stuck working out where it is going wrong. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. You use print/hpijs. AFAIC HP now produces it's capability at print/hplip. Please, consider trying the latter. -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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