From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 20:28:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91141106566B for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43CA98FC13 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:28:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o7PKSq9i032271; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:28:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id o7PKSqle032268; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:28:52 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:28:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Chip Camden In-Reply-To: <20100825155343.GQ2236@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Message-ID: References: <20100824204552.GA70395@guilt.hydra> <20100824225829.GA70716@guilt.hydra> <20100825002801.GJ2236@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100825033334.GK2236@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100825064113.GC71916@guilt.hydra> <20100825151856.GA74267@guilt.hydra> <20100825155343.GQ2236@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:28:52 -0600 (MDT) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:28:56 -0000 On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 25 August 2010: >> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:57:29AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: >>> >>> For another test, use pdf2ps and feed the PS output directly to the >>> printer, bypassing CUPS. If the LJ4050N Ethernet is connected (and it >>> really should be), you can use nc something like this (untested): >>> >>> # pdf2ps test.pdf - | nc lj4050hostname 9100 >>> >>> If that has cut off margins, it's a setting within the printer. >>> If it prints fine, it's CUPS. >> >> That test worked out beautifully. Apparently, it is a problem with CUPS >> settings. > > It didn't work at all for my OfficeJet. Apparently that printer doesn't > know PostScript, because all I got was a bunch of garbage with some > PostScript commands mixed in. Very few inkjets understand PS. But ghostscript may have a built-in driver for it which can be used like the ps2pcl filter in my lpd article. Maybe you'll find some of the rest of it useful: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html#_adding_a_filter There are also the hplip and hpijs ports.