Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> writes:
> Jeffery von Ronne <vonronne@cs.utsa.edu> writes:
>
>> After upgrading CUPS, my HP 1320 quit working. I discovered when I
>> printed certain documents (including the CUPS test page) to it, the
>> printer would give up and blink some of its error lights. I discovered,
>> however, that if I set the "HPEconoMode" printer option to "Save Toner,"
>> the printer seems to work correctly. (But that doesn't look as dark and
>> as crips as it used to.)
>
> Which Gutenprint driver are you using (the CUPS web page at
> http://localhost:631/printers will tell you)? It will be something
> like "HP LaserJet 4 series - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0-rc2".
>
> You might also like to try both the cupsys-driver-gutenprint and
> libgutenprint2 packages from unstable; I think you already have these,
> however.
Another suggestion: this printer is a native PostScript printer (I
installed one using CUPS at my old workplace), so you don't actually
need Gutenprint at all. If you look on the install CD, there should
be a PPD file (it might be in a Zip file, or just on the disc). If
you copy that to /usr/share/cups/model, and reload CUPS
(/etc/init.d/cupsys reload), you can modify the printer to use the
native PostScript driver, which will be faster and give better quality
for text and most graphics (except photos and gradients).
If you can't find the PPD file on the disc, you can download it:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1320
http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic-db/db/source/PPD/HP/mono_laser/HP_LaserJet_1320_Series.ppd
Regards,
Roger
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