From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RDZ74-000564-O7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:59:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C34021C4B6; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:58:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D38F21C4AE for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:57:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwg14 with SMTP id 14so8721155wwg.10 for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:57:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=nyavZlncTDM+LBKyZbi6Cp64kIc82xaNOyYTyKjQjY4=; b=L9srymHB94YTFRlbHjr6zShS8yx7nXfCf0dBQ9LZoBJIKtaWfu/Wu0MHlPS3+k9o6e r+XF2MoOpYvk/XO8+AXrUccSSXW/lNQGCBpd4Gy2S53HknhauKX7Uc4bTTLVhiNaX+0A obALj7jhFbKY66PCZDcauwo7KdDy0Q/wmAdas= Received: by 10.227.154.140 with SMTP id o12mr2732251wbw.104.1318327025321; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (212-70-208-152.ath.static.tee.gr. [212.70.208.152]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e7sm5051508wbh.12.2011.10.11.02.57.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:57:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270 Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:57:06 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-gentoo-r3; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201110102043.56323.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4E939C9D.5010505@nileshgr.com> <4E93D11E.7050401@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E93D11E.7050401@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2601826.SNyNF3etsV"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201110111057.07997.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0f4b0a24582c255016fd103af1b8baf7 --nextPart2601826.SNyNF3etsV Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 11 Oct 2011 06:16:14 Willie Matthews wrote: > On Mon Oct 10 18:32:13 2011, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > > On Tue 11 Oct 2011 01:13:41 AM IST, Mick wrote: > >> I'm struggling to get anything printed properly - is there a proper > >> driver for this printer in CUPS. The driver I've chosen seems to > >> distort everything (like a page of A4 text comes out as a black spot > >> 3px high and 2 wide! ) > >>=20 > >> I've selected AppSocket/HP JetDirect and then since no Ricoh driver > >> showed up I selected Make:Generic and Driver:Generic PCL Laser Printer > >> (en). > >>=20 > >> The reason I've chosen AppSocket/HP JetDirect is because nmap returned > >> this protocol when I scanned the printer. Choosing ipp, or http, lpd > >> was not successful either. > >>=20 > >> However, this AppSocket/HP JetDirect protocol with the Generic driver > >> gives the broken printing I've described above. Selecting the Generic > >> PostScript Printer (en) it prints pages and pages with ascii or screwed > >> up characters when I try a test page. > >>=20 > >> Any suggestions? > >=20 > > I don't know about this printer, have you checked the printer > > compatibility list? (openprinting.org I guess). > > See how good is your printer supported. I've been getting this error when I tried to access it before I posted here: "This site is down for maintenance. We will be restoring service shortly.=20 Thank you for your patience." > That printer supports postscript file format only. > http://support.ricoh.com/connectivity/cgi-bin/ctlpage.cgi?soft=3Dunixfilt= er&c > r=3Dra&vers=3D3000 Thanks, I tried to set postscript as a driver, but it printed like 20 blank= =20 pages when I sent a test print to it. :( I have a suspicion it will deal with simple text, but perhaps not graphics. Better find an HP printer to print what I need today. ;-) =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2601826.SNyNF3etsV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk6UEvMACgkQVTDTR3kpaLZ7sACfaUwQfjgcEWMwicx+QrmJ42B0 fj4An0QEakpsEXw2H3D49os7ohaQDxIa =bioc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2601826.SNyNF3etsV--