Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-08-19 Thread Stefan Nagy
The best explanation why it actually makes sense that the entire page is rendered as a bitmap I found at the ghostscript bug tracker (by Ray Johnston) [1]: > BTW, the reason that the entire page is rendered as an image is that the > PDF transparency model requires any transparent region to be 'ble

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-08-17 Thread Stefan Nagy
In the second case I mentioned in my last message the default renderer produces a PostScript file with 43.7 MB when I print a single page (the first page of the document downloaded here [1]). I opened this file (and the original page) with Inkscape and realized that the renderer converts the hole

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-08-09 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
Likely effect of transparency. Bastien Le 8 août 2013 17:51, "Brian Potkin" a écrit : > On Sat 03 Aug 2013 at 09:11:31 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > Correct me if I have lost sight of the essential point of this report, > > but it seems to come down to "Printing a test page on an HP Laserjet

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-08-08 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sat 03 Aug 2013 at 09:11:31 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote: > Correct me if I have lost sight of the essential point of this report, > but it seems to come down to "Printing a test page on an HP Laserjet is > very slow". > > If the slowness is mainly to do with a buggy PostScript interpreter on > t

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-08-03 Thread Brian Potkin
On Wed 31 Jul 2013 at 14:10:12 +0200, Stefan Nagy wrote: > After restoring the default cups configuration I'm able now to print the > default Debian CUPS testpage with the HPLIP backend – it takes around 26 > minutes and 30 seconds, but it works (I always get the testpage instead > of an error mes

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-07-31 Thread Stefan Nagy
Hi Brian, > I'm pretty well convinced that the PostScript interpreter on my printer > is not up to the job of processing Ghostscript's PS, which its developers > maintain is valid PS. At the same time I wonder whether the graphics in > Debian's present default-testpage.pdf contribute to the proble

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2013-07-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 702673 cups-filters Bug #702673 [cups] PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200 Bug reassigned from package 'cups' to 'cups-filters'. Ignoring request to alter found versions of bug #702673 to the same values previously set Ign

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-07-28 Thread Brian Potkin
reassign 702673 cups-filters thanks On Sat 27 Jul 2013 at 13:43:00 +0200, Stefan Nagy wrote: > > In an earlier mail you said you created a print queue with > > > >lpadmin -p test -E -v file:/tmp/printout -P > > /etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-1200.ppd > > > > and obtained a printout which sati

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-07-26 Thread Brian Potkin
On Fri 26 Jul 2013 at 10:19:01 +0200, Stefan Nagy wrote: > I'm sorry – please just forget it. > > I'm trying to get two printers to work and while testing the other one I > activated the starting banner option in the printing properties in > Evince some days ago :/ > > The file I attached last t

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-07-26 Thread Stefan Nagy
Am Donnerstag, den 25.07.2013, 15:10 +0200 schrieb Stefan Nagy: > Seems like last time I only tried to print a test page to > file:/tmp/printout – and that worked. > > Now I tried to print a lot of different documents and found out that I > never get the expected result but always the same page wh

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-07-24 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue 23 Jul 2013 at 10:31:21 +0200, Stefan Nagy wrote: > I'd appreciate any further suggestions. In an earlier mail you said you created a print queue with lpadmin -p test -E -v file:/tmp/printout -P /etc/cups/ppd/HP-LaserJet-1200.ppd and obtained a printout which satisfactorily represent

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-07-23 Thread Stefan Nagy
Hi Brian, > Printing using the usb backend has changed since Squeeze was released. My > knowledge of things USB is sparse but it might be the suggestions made in bug > #697970 could help. I tested the configurations suggested in comment #81 of bug #697970 now, but none of them helped. No matter w

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2013-03-17 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 702673 cups Bug #702673 [cups-filters] PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200 Bug reassigned from package 'cups-filters' to 'cups'. Ignoring request to alter found versions of bug #702673 to the same values previously set Ign

Bug#702673: PostScript drivers won't work for HP LaserJet 1200

2013-03-15 Thread Brian Potkin
reassign 702673 cups-filters thanks On Sat 09 Mar 2013 at 23:51:46 +0100, Stefan Nagy wrote: > Here's what happens when I try to print a test page with the Postscript > driver: > CUPS says 'Busy - "Sending data to printer."' and the green LED on my printer > blinks green (which means something