Bug#564279: openprinting-ppds: does not print to LaserJet 6P / JetDirect

[Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>]

On 14 June 2011 18:12, Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org> wrote:
> tags 564279 + moreinfo
> thanks
>
> Le vendredi, 8 janvier 2010 23.11:26, Michal Suchanek a écrit :
>> Package: openprinting-ppds
>> Version: 20080211-2+nmu
>> Severity: normal
>>
>>
>> Adding the ppd packages brings new printer model selections in printer
>> database.
>>
>> However, these selections do not work.
>>
>> HP LaserJet 6P/6MP - PostScript (en)
>>  just junks whatver is sent to it.
>>
>> HP LaserJet 6P/6MP - PostScript PostScript (recommended) (en)
>>  prints the postscript source on the paper without interpreting it.
>
> Hi Michal, and thanks for your bugreport,
>
> currently, the recommended driver [0,1] for those drivers is the "hplip"
> driver. Does it work if you use this driver ?

This is a postscript printer so a postscript driver should work and
use the least resources.

However, I am using the Gutenprint driver in absence of any saner
working driver.

Using hplip which was made for Inkjets with an ancient PostScript/PCL
printer seems somewhat odd but if the driver suffers from severe
feature creep it might work as well.

Thanks

Michal