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Re: Bad cups printing after upgrade from sarge to etch



On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 14:43:21 -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I had a sarge system running as a print server. After upgrading it to
> etch, I recreated the cups config files (the old ones didn't work) and
> the printers.
> 
> The strange thing is... I have an Epson Stylus Color 850, and there are
> two drivers in the list given by Cups that would work with it:
> 
> - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0
> - Foomatic/stc800ih.upp
> 
> So... The Gutenprint driver doesn't seem to honor what I give in the
> configuration web page. It always renders with low resolution.
> I tried choosing all combinations of:
> 
> Print Quality: Manual Control, High, Best
> Resolution: "720 DPI", "1440 x 720 DPI Highest Resolution"
> 
> on the web interface.
> 
> And the stc800ih.upp prints with the resolution I choose, but always prints
> an EJL control sequence before printing the job:
> 
> 284.4
> @EJL
> 
> I found a few references to this on the web, but nothing that actually
> helped (mostly Windows users complaining about it and being told to, er,
> "remove the banner generated by the application").
> 
> I didn't find anything in the bug tracking system that could help.
> 
> Maybe there's something I forgot to check?

I would try to change the quality setting by using the "lpoptions"
command, both as your normal user and as root. Maybe this will turn up a
clue. Is your normal user a member of the "lpadmin" group?

The manpage of lpoptions has all the details; it should work something
like this:

$ lpoptions -l | grep -i quality
Quality/Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type: *FromPrintoutMode 300DraftGrayscaleK 300GrayscaleK 600GrayscaleK

$ lpoptions -o Quality=600GrayscaleK
$ lpoptions -l | grep -i quality
Quality/Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type: FromPrintoutMode 300DraftGrayscaleK 300GrayscaleK *600GrayscaleK

$ lpoptions -o Quality=FromPrintoutMode
$ lpoptions -l | grep -i quality
Quality/Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type: *FromPrintoutMode 300DraftGrayscaleK 300GrayscaleK 600GrayscaleK

(With your printer you will probably have different values to choose
 from. The active setting is always marked with an asterisk "*".)

-- 
Regards,
          Florian



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