I found the HP driver I needed on the linuxprinting.org. The only problem now is the sucker is stair stepping and I can't find a way to turn it off.
Thus spake Donald R. Spoon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 05:13:00 -0600 > From: "Donald R. Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: cupsys setting for an 882C? > X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/249739 > > Karsten M. Self wrote: > >on Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:59:44AM -0500, Robert L. Harris > >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > >> > >>I've got cupsys installed on my unstable system. It configures up > >>beautifully except I get 1 line of whatever. If I print /etc/printcap > >>with lpr I get what almost looks like stair stepping but it's only 1 > >>line. > > > > > >Check for a "cr after lf" setting. > > > > > >>Does anyone have an 882C configured and working? Can you tell me what > >>printer combination you have setup? "HP Deskjet 882C, foomatic + hpjd" > >>or whatever is working? I'd love the 300dpi color but I'll be happy with > >>300 grayscale, I'd be exstaic with 600dpi color printing. > > > > > >What cups databases do you have installed? There are several, and it's > >not immediately obvious that some of them are useful. Among them: > > > > cupsomatic-ppd > > foomatic-db > > > >...and posibly others. Make sure you've got 'em installed. Then hunt > >down your printer. > > > >Peace. > > > > In addition to what Karsten said, I have some general advice. I don't > have your particular printer here, but I have been using CUPS on a HP > 960C for about 6 months. I have done a little experimentation to > optimize the output and here is what I have found. > > 1. The "generic" printer drivers that come with cupsomatic or foomatic > are OK to get you going, but you can fine-tune the performance IF you > have a specific PPD file for your printer. The cupsys-driver-gimpprint > drivers was the best of the "generic' lot for me. > > 2. The http://www.linuxprinting.org/ site is an absolute gold-mine of > information! It has specific information on your printer, user's > feedback, and the ability to generate a PPD specific for your printer. > There is also links to CUPS that give you instructions on how to add > your "specific" PPD to your system. It takes a little reading, but the > effort & time spent there is worth it, IMHO. > > 3. From the quick scan of the above site that I just did, your printer > should work fine, with the drivers in foomatic + the hpijs + a specific > PPD "driver". I found on my printer that this combination produced > significantly superior color quality and access to some of the more > exotic functions than the "generic" drivers supplied with cupsomatic, > foomatic, or cupsys-driver-gimprint. The latter was a close second, though. > > I have found CUPS to be amazingly flexible, but you have to work at it > and do a bit of experimentation. The Linuxprinting.org site is a good > place to start. > > Cheers, > -Don Spoon- > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | PGP Key ID: FC96D405 DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
