Bug#716843: cups: CUPS doesn't properly initialize Lexmark E238
Hello Mark,
Thank you for your detailed report.
On Sat 13 Jul 2013 at 11:38:00 -0300, Mark Small wrote:
> After upgrading my print server to Wheezy, I've had a lot of problems printing
> on my Lexmark E238 laser printer.
>
> 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).
My first thought here was - why isn't the recommended pxlmono driver
being used? It may not be important in the light of what is said later.
> 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.)
The E238 has a PCL interpreter, so this shouldn't happen. Right?
> 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.
The E238 also has a Postscript interpreter and it appears to work.
> 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.
The last two examples only use CUPS to transport the raw data to the
printer. There is no filtering.
How is the server connected to the printer?
> Does anyone have any ideas? I'd really like to have reliable printing again
> before Jessie comes out.
Is testing using unstable a possibility for you?
Regards,
Brian.
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