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

[Francesco Poli]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:59:16 +0100 Brian Potkin wrote:

> On Mon 25 Jun 2012 at 22:34:58 +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> 
> > I searched for instructions on how to set up a print queue with CUPS so
> > that Poppler is used to send Postscript to the printer, but I failed to
> > find any detail in /usr/share/doc/cups-filters/README.txt.gz ...
> > 
> > Were you referring to another README?
> > Where can I find the correct command-line procedure to re-create my
> > print queue and have it use Poppler?
> 
> cups-filters 1.0.18-2+b1
> 
>     1. Selection of the renderer: Ghostscript or Poppler

Hello Brian,
better late than never, I finally found the time to perform the
additional test you asked me to do (see the complete bug log [1],
if, understandably, you don't remember the details...).

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/662999

I've just performed the following test (with poppler-utils installed):

 (A) I searched for all the suitable drivers:

     # lpinfo -m | grep 1320
     gutenprint.5.2://hp-lj_1320/expert HP LaserJet 1320 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.9
     foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-Postscript.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Foomatic/Postscript
     foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-pxlmono.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended)
     drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 hpijs, 3.12.6
     drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320_series-hpijs-pcl3.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Series hpijs pcl3, 3.12.6
     drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320_series-pcl3.ppd HP LaserJet 1320 Series pcl3, hpcups 3.12.6
     drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320.ppd HP LaserJet 1320, hpcups 3.12.6
     drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320n-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320n hpijs, 3.12.6
     drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320n.ppd HP LaserJet 1320n, hpcups 3.12.6
     drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320nw-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320nw hpijs, 3.12.6
     drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320nw.ppd HP LaserJet 1320nw, hpcups 3.12.6
     drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_1320tn-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 1320tn hpijs, 3.12.6
     drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_1320tn.ppd HP LaserJet 1320tn, hpcups 3.12.6

 (B) I removed the print queue and recreated it from scratch using the
     following PostScript PPD:

     # lpadmin -x lj
     # lpadmin -p lj -E -v parallel:/dev/lp0 \
         -m foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-pxlmono.ppd \
         -o pdftops-renderer=pdftops \
         -L "dining room" -D "HP LaserJet 1320"
     # lpoptions -p lj -o media=A4 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
     # lpadmin -d lj


It seems that it works this way, as well (for both plain text files and
PDF files)!

Now the question is: should I stay with this setup (PostScript PPD with
Poppler renderer) or go back to the other one (PCL PPD with default
renderer)?
They both seem to work with my printer.

I would greatly appreciate it, if you could tell me what you think
about this dilemma...

Thanks for your time and sorry for the long delay in my reply!


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