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Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa"

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2017-02-01 12:27 GMT+01:00 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>:

> On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 09:35:20 +0100, albcares wrote:
>
> > thanks for Ur fast answer. I'll try to do my best to explain.
> > I correctly see Optra labelled as "generic" in the printer list. The firs
> > print I get is generally good. But if I send another one, it jumps out as
> > wide as if it saw only the first quarter up the sheet: wide fonts, wider
> > grafics; the white field itself is printed with artefacts like clouds of
> > black spots. Each time I want to print beyond one document I must turn
> off
> > - turn on the printer. I supposed that any process remained hanging
> > somewhere but I couldn't find out.
>
> Did printing work before you "re-adjusted" CUPS? Try using the USB
> and parallel connections to print. Is there a significant difference?
>
> Get yourself a few small PostScript files from different sources.
> pdf2ps and Firefox are two ways to produce one. Plug the printer
> into a USB port and check the device in /dev/usb (lp0, lp1?). Send a
> file directly to the printer with
>
>  cat <PS_file> > /dev/usb/lp0
>
> How does that go?
>
> --
> Brian.
>
> well, I checked as you Brian had adviced me. Firstly, I have no parallel
port on my tiny motherboard. Then my System identifies the printer after
"sudo lsusb" as Lexmark Optra E312, which could be correct. And indeed I
remember that before smashing CUPS I sometimes had the same problem.
the .ps files are printed via command-line.
furthermore, as I am not exactly a proper device-tester, I changed the
"driver" from *PCL-5 Printer CUPS+Gutenprint* to a *PCL-5 Printer Foomatic*
both provided by the OS itself. And it appears running better. I want to go
on printing a bit more before crowing.
What do You think? could the origin of the mistakes be in one of these
"drivers"? Has anyone the same or similar printer?


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troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-01-31 12:50 +0100
  Re: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-01-31 13:00 +0100
    Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 09:40 +0100
      Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-01 12:30 +0100
        Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 22:30 +0100
          Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-02 11:40 +0100
            Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" albcares <acbangher@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 12:20 +0100
              Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-03 13:50 +0100
              Re: Fwd: troubles running a printer on Mint17.3 "Rosa" Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-02-03 15:40 +0100

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