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Bug#516955: marked as done (foomatic-db-gutenprint: foomatic/cups upgrade results in wrong margins/scale for paper)

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regarding foomatic-db-gutenprint: foomatic/cups upgrade results in wrong margins/scale for paper
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Package: foomatic-db-gutenprint
Version: 5.2.3-2
Severity: normal


I have upgraded cups/foomatic to latest in unstable, however if I try printing
the CUPS testpage, there is about a 2cm empty space at the bottom, and if I
measure the "inch markers" then 1 inch results in 1.9cm when measured
(~0.74 inch).
When I print a document, this problem is very obvious, since the document apears
cut at on edge, and starting ~2cm off. This is particularly obvious when
printing landscape.

After downgrading cups/foomatic to lenny, the testpage is printed correctly
(covers entire area of page).

I used the following command to downgrade:
sudo aptitude install cups-bsd/stable cups-client/stable cups-common/stable cupsddk/stable cupsddk-drivers/stable cups-driver-gutenprint/stable cups-pdf/stable foomatic-db/stable foomatic-db-engine/stable foomatic-db-gutenprint/stable foomatic-db-hpij/stable foomatic-filters/stable foomatic-filter-ppd/stable foomatic-gui/stable libcups2/stable libcupsimage2/stable libcupsys2/stable libgnomecups1.0-1/stable libgutenprint2/stable

Printer details:
Description: Samsung ML-2010
Location: Local Printer
Printer Driver: Samsung ML-2010 Foomatic/gdi (recommended)
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4e8_326c_3T21BKCL402412V__if0_printer_noserial

Not sure which package this bug belongs to (foomatic or cups).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.3 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

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[sorry for late reply, this mail got lost in my inbox]

On 02/26/2009 01:24 AM, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:56:52PM +0200, Török Edwin wrote:
>   
>> I have upgraded cups/foomatic to latest in unstable, however if I try printing
>> the CUPS testpage, there is about a 2cm empty space at the bottom, and if I
>> measure the "inch markers" then 1 inch results in 1.9cm when measured
>> (~0.74 inch).
>> When I print a document, this problem is very obvious, since the document apears
>> cut at on edge, and starting ~2cm off. This is particularly obvious when
>> printing landscape.
>>
>> After downgrading cups/foomatic to lenny, the testpage is printed correctly
>> (covers entire area of page).
>>
>> Not sure which package this bug belongs to (foomatic or cups).
>>     
>
> I just uploaded a new version of gutenprint, so foomatic-db-gutenprint
> is probably appropriate.  It's possible a new version of foomatic is
> required (I'm afraid I don't use foomatic myself, so I can't really
> assist with finding the cause of the problem, but I can fix it if you
> find what's wrong).
>   

Upgrading to another version of cups/foomatic along the way made
everything work again,
and it has been working fine think quite some time, so I think this bug
can be closed.
> Some suggestions:
>
> 1.  You should probably delete and recreate your print queue in CUPS.
>     We don't do any automatic setup for foomatic queues, and the old
>     configuration is probably not completely compatible with the
>     new version of gutenprint.
>
> 2.  What printer make/model are you using?
>
>   

Samsung ML-2010P
>     I'm wondering /why/ you are using foomatic at all, since if you
>     are using CUPS, it's pointless (just install cups-driver-gutenprint
>     and select your printer make/model in the CUPS printer setup pages.
>   

Because foomatic/gdi was the recommended driver in CUPS's list when I
added my printer,
I removed all foomatic packages, and used the SpliX driver. It seems to
be working just fine.
>     This is the supported method for using Gutenprint with CUPS.  We
>     make sure upgrade are completely automatic with this method as well,
>     so you never need to manually recreate your print queues on upgrade.
>
> Basically, as I see it, foomatic is a generic "glue" for connecting
> printer drivers to printing systems.  But, since gutenprint
> supports CUPS natively, it's an extra (very complex) layer of
> software you don't actually need.  Very few of us actually understand
> it, and unless you run an alternative printing system to CUPS such
> as LPD or LPRng, you probably don't need it.
>   

Thanks for the explanation.

Best regards,
--Edwin

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