[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#539818: cups: cannot print test page

Roger Leigh rleigh at codelibre.net
Mon Aug 3 21:16:20 UTC 2009


On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 09:20:43PM +0200, Felix Koop wrote:
> When printing any page, even the test page, on my HP laserjet 1010 printer, all I get on the paper is one line:
> 
> Unsupported Personality: PCL
> 
> What do I need to change to be able to print again?

The printer driver you have selected is a PCL driver, and your printer
doesn't support PCL.  You'll need to check what your printer supports
and choose a driver to match.  You might have more luck with PostScript,
but you'll need to find out more details here yourself (I have no
knowledge of this specific model).

This is a good place to start:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/DatabaseIntro


Regards,
Roger

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