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Re: [SLE] Printing to an HP Deskjet 870 in 10.0
- From: Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:48:47 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <1131367720.15422.4.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 06:44 -0500, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> I am unable to print text to an HP Deskjet870 printer in 10.0. No
> problem in 9.2. This printer is connected directly to the parallel port.
> Any method I use to print text results is a blank page. Such as the
> following.
>
> cat /etc/fstab | lpr
What happens if you use lp /etc/fstab to print the file?
>
> /var/log/cups/error_log output for above command:
>
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Job 21 queued on 'deskjet870c' by 'markh'.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID 4972) for job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4973) for job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 4974) for job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started backend
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 4975) for job 21.
>
>
>
> enscript -B -c -q /etc/fstab
If the printer understands postscript why convert it first?
>
> /var/log/cups/error_log output for above command:
>
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Job 22 queued on 'deskjet870c' by 'markh'.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4991) for job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 4992) for job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started backend
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 4993) for job 22.
>
>
> I seem to be able to print other things such as Web pages and pictures
> OK. Some PDF files do loose text. This machine is also a Samba server
> and the windows clients can print text just fine??? SuSE 10.0 clients
> cannot print text either however.
>
> Anyone else able to print correctly to one of these printers with 10.0?
--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
> I am unable to print text to an HP Deskjet870 printer in 10.0. No
> problem in 9.2. This printer is connected directly to the parallel port.
> Any method I use to print text results is a blank page. Such as the
> following.
>
> cat /etc/fstab | lpr
What happens if you use lp /etc/fstab to print the file?
>
> /var/log/cups/error_log output for above command:
>
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Job 21 queued on 'deskjet870c' by 'markh'.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID 4972) for job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4973) for job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 4974) for job 21.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:38:22 -0500] Started backend
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 4975) for job 21.
>
>
>
> enscript -B -c -q /etc/fstab
If the printer understands postscript why convert it first?
>
> /var/log/cups/error_log output for above command:
>
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Job 22 queued on 'deskjet870c' by 'markh'.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4991) for job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 4992) for job 22.
> I [07/Nov/2005:06:39:41 -0500] Started backend
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 4993) for job 22.
>
>
> I seem to be able to print other things such as Web pages and pictures
> OK. Some PDF files do loose text. This machine is also a Samba server
> and the windows clients can print text just fine??? SuSE 10.0 clients
> cannot print text either however.
>
> Anyone else able to print correctly to one of these printers with 10.0?
--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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