[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#714323: HP Laserjet 8150N: PPD doesn't really control printer

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

Package: printer-driver-postscript-hp
Version: 3.13.4-1

Hi!

So I got somewhat larger-than-usual printer, a HP 8150N, with an
additional 2000 pages feeder. When I use the hplip driver stack, it
seems I can print, but only using paper source #2 (the usual A4
source).

Sources are:

	(1) - Manual feed (for envelopes etc.)
	(2) - Top A4 internal cassette
	(3) - Bottom A3 internal cassette
	(4) - Optional 2000 sheet feeder

There are two output trays on my printer, the bottom-up output on top
of the printer, and the face-up to it's left.


With the hplip driver, I can source sheets from (2), but selecting the
high-volume source will have no effect. Additionally, I cannot select
the alternative face-up output to the left of the printer.

Using printer-driver-postscript-hp, the supplied/generated PPD offers
me everything I want: chooseable source and destination, along with
many more options.

However, when I select a source different than "Auto", the printer
always asks me to feed the manual (1) source. So there's a change in
behavior, but it's not completely right. (I've never actually put in
paper there, so I cannot say if output to the left actually works.)

As the PPD seems to have everything I want, I'd like to debug it, but
I'm somewhat at a loss here. I can easily intercept the communication
between CUPS's output and the printer and sniffered me a nice one-page
PS file.

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%For: (jbglaw)
%%Title: (ebookratgeber2013.pdf)
%%Creator: GPL Ghostscript 905 (ps2write)
%%LanguageLevel: 2
%%CreationDate: D:20130627231559+02'00'
%RBINumCopies: 1
%%Pages: (atend)
%%BoundingBox: (atend)
%%EndComments
%%BeginProlog
currentfile /ASCII85Decode filter /LZWDecode filter cvx exec
J.'GP1)YJ2:a-L/6rF=&5]f",9VMV4PfsINPg$$lJV;<[. at O%03.smQ('PQ#V^%=ggiP:i9P6m1
&e,,#6QsIUEP1^W4j%>VfmLeP21i['0XteJ5'-rMBI73qYi]MqRS:_)[:!GtMG0%^!tgdCBfAL(
[...]

I think the next step would be to un-ASCII85Decode and un-LZWDecode
that blob? That should give me the actual stream that the printer is
working on, right? Any hints on how I can extract it? Once it's there,
it wouldn't be too hard to look throught the output and match it
againts PCL or thatever is in there.

So I'd really like to work on it, to fix this PPD so that it actually
works, but I guess I'll need a little help for a start.

Thanks a lot,
Jan-Benedict

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      Jan-Benedict Glaw      jbglaw at lug-owl.de              +49-172-7608481
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