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[217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d22sm16317946wma.21.2015.11.01.22.52.28 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Nov 2015 22:52:28 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] printing problems Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 06:52:19 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/4.0.9-gentoo; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) References: <20151102000812.GA1123@ca.inter.net> <5636CE69.7000605@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5636CE69.7000605@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="nextPart3161929.cCdSvGNDLy"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201511020652.37519.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 8c5f619b-31a0-4f11-a8df-b955c5e10d5e X-Archives-Hash: fb045b8314a08de13acb938aa37e79ce --nextPart3161929.cCdSvGNDLy Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday 02 Nov 2015 02:46:01 Daniel Frey wrote: > On 11/01/2015 04:08 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > > I am trying to get printing to work properly in my recently built > > machine. 'hp-probe' identifies my printer as 'HP Deskjet 2510 series'. > > When I print a text file from Gvim or a ps file from LO, > > there are blank bands across the page, omitting lines or parts of > > letters. > >=20 > > I have managed to get Kwrite to print properly > > via file -> print -> options -> layout -> schema : > > when set to 'normal' 'KDE' 'Vim dark', everything comes out as it should > > (there are some amusing color effects, but it's all there). > >=20 > > Alongside Gentoo, I installed Mint 17.2 (Xfce), > > which started printing properly via Gedit + LO > > after I set print quality to 'high' via the 'http://localhost:631' menu > > (I didn't go back to test Gvim there, but assume it would work too). > > Gedit has its own internal print-quality menu too. > >=20 > > I have compared /etc/hp/hplip.conf in Gentoo vs Mint : > > the Gentoo version of Hplip is 3.14.10 , Mint has 3.15.2 ; > > the Gentoo version of Cups is 2.0 , Mint has 1.7 ; > > the Gentoo version of Hplip was built with 'foomatic-ppd-install=3Dno', > > the Mint version with '...=3Dyes'. > >=20 > > I can contrive to print text + ps files easily > > by copying them to an appropriate partition & rebooting into Mint, > > but Gentoo is supposed to make these things easier, not more difficult. > >=20 > > Finally, I've never got the print icon in Gvim to work : > > I use the 'prtdialog' plug-in, which prints, but only badly as above. > >=20 > > Can anyone offer advice or suggestions ? >=20 > Have you tried with foomatic-ppd-install on Gentoo? It's the > `static-ppds` USE flag, which may also need the `hpijs` USE flag. >=20 > I had so many problems with hplip I stopped using it. I found out there > was another way to use my hp CP1025nw with foomatic, and that works > trouble free. Most of the problems was with hplip's installer, it just > refused to work. It would say it was successful, but it never installed > anything. >=20 > Dan Before you reinstall with 'static-ppds' chech setting hpijs. This is my fl= ags=20 with another (older) HP printer and it works here: [I] net-print/hplip Available versions: =20 3.14.10 [X doc fax +hpcups hpijs kde libnotify -libusb0 minimal= =20 parport policykit qt4 scanner snmp static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS=3D"python2_7"] ~ 3.15.9 [X doc fax +hpcups hpijs kde libnotify -libusb0 minimal= =20 parport policykit qt4 scanner snmp static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS=3D"python2_7"] Installed versions: 3.14.10(12:51:55 04/05/15)(X hpcups hpijs kde=20 libnotify policykit qt4 -doc -fax -libusb0 -minimal -parport -scanner -snmp= - static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS=3D"python2_7") =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart3161929.cCdSvGNDLy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAABCAAGBQJWNwg1AAoJELAdA+zwE4Ye30IH/03apQc8A2bowVmz2LMYKC6w fmbINStSF3oaDCKt7qQ1oaBOaS603NU3/eUO+U5UCPLeF4wCB+NnnB6JSR17MRhu IgDOsgm3lTvbohrS7ZAv9JyrhUpVOYVmzHe6J29d68I+7kxZ2VGOGp963Xj8Rlk5 kJLy58bgEX0Z2IPSjAcfowyIKs9BEjo6cY1x3bxx7zqb5C87BpdHDowYsRFK8/8O 0uOFC6abKOhkOraTzMu4mHaJF7QKr6tUEazsNg7YLsw3Cbt8WHeZ2a2DFfNdbFRm B8a9UHa1MejhFGeg/BkJM+YnDs+Z7HlkKPJzDYiZNWtg6Okol5cYFOdhrkW6GWc= =cCn7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3161929.cCdSvGNDLy--