On 8/8/05 8:09 AM, "Johannes Meixner" <jsmeix@suse.de> wrote:
Hello,
On Aug 7 22:17 Gil Weber wrote (shortened):
... a clean install of 9.3
It recognizes my HP Laser Jet 5P, and as far as I can tell the printer was configured properly during the install. But no matter where I try to print from (e-mail. or a word processor, or a page from a website) all I get is a line of gibberish at the top of one page and then blank page after blank page after blank page. ... The printer was working great this morning under 9.2 before the upgrade.
Because of the "clean install of 9.3" I assume you didn't update from 9.2 to 9.3 but really did a nwe installation of 9.3 from scratch. If not (i.e. in case of an update) you may have a look at http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/07/pohletz_cups_manual_reinstall.html because something might have been corrupted during the update.
In any case before you reinstall the printing system: Try to use another PPD file (i.e. another driver). Perhaps the "recommended" PPD file for your printer may have changed for 9.2 to 9.3 and the new "recommended" PPD file doesn't work. A HP LaserJet 5P should work fine with the generic PCL5e PPD file (i.e. using the driver "ljet4"). You can use YaST to change the PPD file (use the [Change] and [Edit] buttons in YaST).
Kind Regards Johannes Meixner
The "line of gibberish" stuff sounds like a PostScript error. We get that when there is a font problem, or a placed EPS file that's toast. I have a HP 5MP and I use the HP 6MP for every OS I have. It is the same, but with more options...and works better. I think there was a HP 6P, so "moving up" to that one should work. What happens when you go to: http://127.0.0.1:631/ Click on manage printers, then the printer, then hit print test page... -- Thanks, George ``Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!'', ``The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,'' 1948.