Bug#716843: cups: CUPS doesn't properly initialize Lexmark E238
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Mark Small <msmall@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> Package: cups
> Version: 1.5.3-5
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> After upgrading my print server to Wheezy, I've had a lot of problems printing
> on my Lexmark E238 laser printer.
Do you means it is a regression ?
If so, it will be easier to debug
> When printing from a linux client, it will
> sometimes print just the top corner zoomed to fill the whole page. This
> happens roughly half of the time, and only on the first page of a multi page
> print job. Otherwise it prints properly. I'm using the pcl5 driver.
> (Generic PCL 5 Printer Foomatic/ljet3).
>
>
> If I print from a Windows box using direct/raw access (with the
> Lexmark driver specifically for this printer), I get page after page of
> gobbledegook (probably PCL6 source code.)
>
> If I set a windows machine to print using a generic postscript driver, it acts
> the same as a linux client. It sometimes works, but sometimes prints the
> first page zoomed way in.
>
>
> Given the symptoms, it seems to me that the printer isn't being properly
> initialized. It doesn't recognise PCL6, and sometimes gets the resolution
> wrong using PCL 5.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? I'd really like to have reliable printing again
> before Jessie comes out.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 7.1
> APT prefers stable
> APT policy: (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: armel (armv5tel)
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-kirkwood
> Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages cups depends on:
> ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
> ii bc 1.06.95-2
> ii cups-client 1.5.3-5
> ii cups-common 1.5.3-5
> ii cups-filters 1.0.18-2.1
> ii cups-ppdc 1.5.3-5
> ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49
> ii dpkg 1.16.10
> ii ghostscript 9.05~dfsg-6.3
> ii libavahi-client3 0.6.31-2
> ii libavahi-common3 0.6.31-2
> ii libc-bin 2.13-38
> ii libc6 2.13-38
> ii libcups2 1.5.3-5
> ii libcupscgi1 1.5.3-5
> ii libcupsimage2 1.5.3-5
> ii libcupsmime1 1.5.3-5
> ii libcupsppdc1 1.5.3-5
> ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.8-1+deb7u1
> ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5
> ii libgnutls26 2.12.20-7
> ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u1
> ii libkrb5-3 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u1
> pn libldap-2.4-2 <none>
> ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1
> ii libpaper1 1.1.24+nmu2
> ii libslp1 1.2.1-9
> ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-5
> ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.11-1
> ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8+deb7u1
> ii poppler-utils 0.18.4-6
> ii procps 1:3.3.3-3
> ii ssl-cert 1.0.32
>
> Versions of packages cups recommends:
> ii avahi-daemon 0.6.31-2
> ii colord 0.1.21-1
> ii foomatic-filters 4.0.17-1
> ii ghostscript-cups 9.05~dfsg-6.3
> ii printer-driver-gutenprint 5.2.9-1
>
> Versions of packages cups suggests:
> ii cups-bsd 1.5.3-5
> pn cups-pdf <none>
> ii foomatic-db 20120523-1
> ii hplip 3.12.6-3.1
> ii printer-driver-hpcups 3.12.6-3.1
> ii smbclient 2:3.6.6-6
> ii udev 175-7.2
>
> -- debconf information:
> cupsys/raw-print: true
> cupsys/backend: ipp, ipp14, lpd, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd
>
>
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