From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9B001384B4 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:57:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0AC0321C04E; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f52.google.com (mail-wm0-f52.google.com [74.125.82.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9A6AE0852 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:57:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wmll128 with SMTP id l128so96752556wml.0 for ; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:57:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iXQBW1cMpGq4TzWcAU0/R88a3/5qbbYka490C5SH1wE=; b=L3Fd1Acdi0fZayLVIT54V+JPZPn2HyZwn+pF+lei6IMQwLH6RQJOsFrl4xhheLZbBx kfnP0tWueEvyReLOZ89+cqzj+mZ3RkXU+Gp3a8KLRHAzRTRKAEzcWStzEPSHzsKtIsNY GWWX+dwzcSODhke7PiyjhBqvl/UhXyfBFBHdjAvhhVVdse3LEJkq5Ngu8UjdLPX4nADb LxB+uubE7gRvV0Gqve2P7woAvIwvTBz0aRIja7KHo1P9VO3AyUNMXRmOhpYdlifq6TBJ nZnLT/RLLjp0yIHX2cxnHTPQH/S7amG/WmUtUNmJ8XA7Jp4wO90TJlHYOhHLvV/gNGQS 68aQ== X-Received: by 10.28.19.65 with SMTP id 62mr20740768wmt.35.1446580636625; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:57:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.41] ([165.255.113.75]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id lv4sm29167381wjb.43.2015.11.03.11.57.15 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 03 Nov 2015 11:57:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] printing problems To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20151102000812.GA1123@ca.inter.net> <5638DB2C.5030101@gmail.com> From: Alan McKinnon Message-ID: <56391163.1030809@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 21:56:19 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 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 In-Reply-To: <5638DB2C.5030101@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bea7bbb1-13c1-4942-864c-0db7a6c7f9bb X-Archives-Hash: 2097004d8dbeb989dbee3d820df29ca0 On 03/11/2015 18:05, Dale wrote: > 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. >> >> 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). >> >> 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. >> >> 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=no', >> the Mint version with '...=yes'. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> Can anyone offer advice or suggestions ? >> > > > I don't know if this will help or not but since you seem to be grasping > at straws, grab this one and hold on for dear life. For the longest > time, every time hplip, cups and friends were updated, I had to delete > and readd my printer. If I didn't, printing was not going to happen, > period. I might also add, I'd restart cups just to be sure, after the > delete and again after the readd. Once I did that, printing worked like > a charm. If I didn't know better, I'd think the ink lasted longer too. > ROFL Just kidding but . . . . If nothing else works, may want to try > that. > > Oh, the last time I did the setup, I ignored cups completely. I went in > as root and set up the printer using the hplip command. That was at > least a couple years ago. Since then, whenever I get ready to print, > and replace the dried out cartridges, it just works. I have a D4260, > currently out of ink, again. > > I think the actual command is hp-setup. I use KDE and that opens a GUI > to do the set up. Generally, it is just clicking next. It just seems > to figure out the rest itself, unless you have more than one printer > hooked up then you may have to select something. > > None of this may help but maybe one will. May be worth a shot. ;-) That's my experience too. I print very little by for ages now everytime a change was made to a printer or cups (even teeny minor ones), I'd delete and re-add all printers plus restart cups. Why does cups behave like this? Buggered if I know. I have an unexpressable opinion based on a certain fruity vendor who seems better at suing Samsung than actually writing code.... -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com