[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#662999: cups: stopped printing (to parallel HP LaserJet 1320 printer) after 1.5.0-13

[Brian Potkin]

On Wed 13 Jun 2012 at 22:04:12 +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:

> Hello,
> is there any progress on this bug?
> 
> I am still able to reproduce it on an updated Debian testing box with
> the HP LaserJet 1320 printer (even connected through network, rather
> than through the parallel port).
> Other printers seem to work correctly.
> 
> Package versions:
> cups/1.5.3-1
> cups-filters/1.0.18-2+b2
> ghostscript/9.05~dfsg-6

Hello Francesco,

I think you are sending PostScript to the printer and it possible the
interpreter on it is misbehaving. That has certainly been the focus of
a number of fixes in cups-filters recently. So two suggestions

1. Use a PCL PPD. There is Gutenprint one in the HP category and others
   in the Generic section.

2. Sticking with a PostScript PPD you can now generate the PostScript
   with either Ghostscript or Poppler. Please see the cups-filters
   README for details.

Regards,

Brian.