On Monday 02 Nov 2015 02:46:01 Daniel Frey wrote: > On 11/01/2015 04:08 PM, 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 ? > > Have you tried with foomatic-ppd-install on Gentoo? It's the > `static-ppds` USE flag, which may also need the `hpijs` USE flag. > > I had so many problems with hplip I stopped using it. I found out there > was another way to use my hp CP1025nw with foomatic, and that works > trouble free. Most of the problems was with hplip's installer, it just > refused to work. It would say it was successful, but it never installed > anything. > > Dan
Before you reinstall with 'static-ppds' chech setting hpijs. This is my flags
with another (older) HP printer and it works here:
[I] net-print/hplip
Available versions:
3.14.10 [X doc fax +hpcups hpijs kde libnotify -libusb0 minimal
parport policykit qt4 scanner snmp static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"]
~ 3.15.9 [X doc fax +hpcups hpijs kde libnotify -libusb0 minimal
parport policykit qt4 scanner snmp static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"]
Installed versions: 3.14.10(12:51:55 04/05/15)(X hpcups hpijs kde
libnotify policykit qt4 -doc -fax -libusb0 -minimal -parport -scanner -snmp -
static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7")
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Regards,
Mick
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