From: Nilesh Govindarajan <contact@nileshgr.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:02:13 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E939C9D.5010505@nileshgr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201110102043.56323.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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! )
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Any suggestions?
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.
--
Nilesh Govindarajan
http://nileshgr.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-11 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-10 19:43 [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270 Mick
2011-10-11 1:32 ` Nilesh Govindarajan [this message]
2011-10-11 5:16 ` Willie Matthews
2011-10-11 9:57 ` Mick
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