[plug] KDE, CUPS, PDF & Postcript

[William Kenworthy]

>From Gentoos docs:  http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/CUPS

"Many HP Printers are reported having problems printing Postscript Level
3. Problems such as rectangle glyphs replacing chars will occur. When
you configure your HP printer, or to resolve this issue, edit the
printer's PPD file and set '*LanguageLevel: "2"' instead of "3"."

BillK



On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 15:49 +0800, Marcos Raul Carot Collins wrote:
> I just learnt that this printer only supports postscript level 2, but the 
> driver says level 3, and that's likely the cause.
> 
> The driver was the one installed by the hp-setup utility which correctly 
> identified the printer...
> 
> hmm
> 
> Will have to print from LibreOffice always :S
> 
> On Jueves 15 Marzo 2012 14:02:35 Euan de Kock escribió:
> > From what I understood, direct pdf support is part of the postscript level
> > 3 standard. If you can configure the printer to only support level 2 it
> > may force things to work properly.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Euan
> > 
> > 
> > On 15/03/2012 13:42 Marcos Raul Carot Collins wrote:
> > 
> > Hi there!
> > 
> > 
> > I have been having a problem printing from KDE programs to a HP Color
> > Laserjet 2600n.
> > 
> > 
> > The printer is properly setup with CUPS in a server, and printing is
> > fine...
> > 
> > 
> > But when printing from KDE applications some/most of the black text has a
> > yellow "glow" around it.
> > 
> > 
> > I found that the same happens from LibreOffice (running on KDE), but in
> > LibreOffice there is a print advanced option setting that lets you choose
> > the printer language. Default is "PDF" which like KDE applications prints
> > the yellow glow, but if I change it to PostCript Level 2 or 3 it prints
> > properly.
> > 
> > 
> > I have searched in the KDE printer settings, and googled about it and there
> > is no mention of this option anywhere.
> > 
> > 
> > I have also searched for options in CUPS and googled about it on how to set
> > the default to PostCript at the server (or even disable pdf), but again
> > can't find that option.
> > 
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > 
> > Appreciated!
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > 
> > Marcos
> > 
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