Re: setting up a HP 880C/850C
Quoting Christian T. Steigies (steigies@physik.uni-kiel.de):
> Hi,
> I got an HP 880C yesterday which works in principle. Now I have two or three
> questions:
> Ive seen there is an (experimental?) gs driver for newer HPs, available as a
> patch. Are there plans to integrate it into gs or is it not worth it?
I have an 895c and use the hpdj driver in gs-aladdin, which uses a lot
less ink than hp550c which I believe is the "traditional" deskjet driver.
> When printing with a2ps the first two columns of the let page (2 pages on
> one paper standard setting) are missing. Same on a HP 850C, which is also
> configured to use the dj550c driver (magicfilter). I am printing on A4 paper,
> I have /etc/papersize to a4 (at least on the machine with the 850C). How to
> I tell a2p or gs or whomever that the HP can not print on the last ~10mm of
> the page as written in the manual?
Use the extra switch -M A4dj to tell a2ps leave an extra margin. I don't
know how to integrate this into /etc/papersize, but then I always use
a2ps through wrapper functions in .bashrc as there are far too many
switches to remember my preferences.
Cheers,
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