From: Willie Matthews <matthews.willie@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:16:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E93D11E.7050401@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E939C9D.5010505@nileshgr.com>
That printer supports postscript file format only.
http://support.ricoh.com/connectivity/cgi-bin/ctlpage.cgi?soft=unixfilter&cr=ra&vers=3000
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! )
>>
>> 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.
>
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Willie Matthews
matthews.willie@gmail.com
Internet Technology Specialist
(702) 508-8455
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-11 5:19 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
2011-10-11 5:16 ` Willie Matthews [this message]
2011-10-11 9:57 ` Mick
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