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 1RDUkG-0002ob-LY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:19:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C3D221C1E0; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:19:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9842D21C064 for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:18:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyd10 with SMTP id 10so8813512gyd.40 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:18:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XiRXEknXv66uUqWTTmbvc/jABi9css7HiQMSSQI1fBg=; b=pkDTWbpeMjYjfwCj8qHH6kPrzlgqmtTXcfy/nUz9ol6VZVSDTSHRhpU6yAGRdWmsLn EHBkyRFJjtrd1IBLDuTyOTDwyzEi1dRYCnyZw79xUGrtUEyVYiAiSPHyuzcYxVawz/O0 jt3bGkTfqsI9TOazXLIgAkViHyXXuOn4K0q/k= Received: by 10.68.31.131 with SMTP id a3mr42559386pbi.24.1318310280783; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:18:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.99.100] (ip70-173-184-241.lv.lv.cox.net. [70.173.184.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h5sm75315108pbq.11.2011.10.10.22.17.59 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:17:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E93D11E.7050401@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:16:14 -0700 From: Willie Matthews User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111005 Thunderbird/7.0.1 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270 References: <201110102043.56323.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4E939C9D.5010505@nileshgr.com> In-Reply-To: <4E939C9D.5010505@nileshgr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7fe3a8325720e8374e32239a1379097c 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. > -- Willie Matthews matthews.willie@gmail.com Internet Technology Specialist (702) 508-8455