On Tuesday 07 January 2003 7:39 am, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I have suse 8.1 with cups. Printer is a Canon BJC 4000.
I can print a test page like "/opt/kde2/share/apps/kdeprint/testprint.ps" perfectly on full color with the lp command. However, if I try to print from gimp, a get pages of Postcript _text_. You know:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%Creator: PRint plug-in V4.3.3 - etcetera.
There is more. If I print a document in Open Office, the photographs are printed in _very_ light ink, as if the cartridge were empty - which is not, the test page prints perfectly, in full color with the correct density. The same photograph prints equally bad from abiword, so it is a printer system problem.
I have defined a new printer, using the "Foomatic + gimp-print" driver instead: this one prints the photo ok, but the text is difusse; and it is very slow, as it forces Hi-Q printing, does not allow normal printing - meaning 3 or 4 minutes for a text page with a 3 cm photo (1"). The other driver (Foomatic + bjc600) takes less than a minute, and the text is crisp and perfect at "normal quality".
I'm going to save the doc as pdf and print it from windows... this is disgracing :-(
If I try, as root, the web interface (hhtp://myhostname:631) I get "Forbidden". I can, however, get to http://localhost:631. If I try the control center (from kde), I see the printers, but configure fails with "IPP request failed for an unknown reason" - probably for the same reason as http. I can delete an enter new printers, however.
Ah, I solved http access: in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:
<Location /> Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From 127.0.0.2 Allow From 192.168.100.2 </Location>
However, the admin tab still says "denied". Ah, I also need to modify the "Allow" for "
"... This is complicated, and should have been done by Yast :-(
Carlos, I had a similar problem until some kind soul told me to use the KDE Printing Manager to set up CUPs. First I removed the printer icon e.g., lp, then, by clicking on the cute little thingie in the upper left corner, started the Add Printer Wizard, and added my printer. That solved all my printing problems, maybe it will help yours. Yes, Yast should do all that for you but ??????/ HTH, RA