RE:[LUG] Can't stop printing

[Keith Abraham <keith.abraham@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tues 9 Apr 2002 19:31:01 Lee Quick wrote

> I had a similar thing happen yes! i have a a lexmark Inkjet which works
> to a fashion, apparently its something to do with it being a GDI printer
> and not very well supported in linux,however the CUP's setup has a
> driver,now all is well with the install except  the driver is set with
> too high default resolution  for the printer... the result is 3 or 4
> lines of garbled characters and endless blank sheets of paper,just to
> prove it i set
> my oki laser(hplaserjet compatible) with an incorrect resoultion and
> driver setup and bingo! garbled rubbish and an empty paper tray.

> this of course presumes that you use CUP's

> Strange thing is RH7.2 Suse7.3 and Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2 all set the DPI
> to high for the printer and have to be manually tweaked, and it's not
> just DPI,paper size is never A4 by default GAH :)

Hi Lee
       It looks to me as if YaST2 installs a printer called "lp" whether
       you want it or not. (Understandable as some apps need it.)
       I did all my testing during installation of the printer using the
       default name "lp". Ergo two printers with the same name but
       different set ups.
       So I guess I was sending incompatible output to the printer
       I was trying to install.
       I'm now getting uninterrupted, controlable low-res output using
       an Epson LQ-550 set up but it's very difficult to read.
       This suggest the res of my Citizen is the same as the LQ-550.
       What I now appear to need is a method of initializing the
       multipass mode.
       Anyone any ideas how?

Keith  
       


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