On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:51:47 +0200 Thomas Winischhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Xprint output is a solid 100% better than PostScript/default. But then > > I haven't tried it in a while. > > I installed it on my CUPS-running system. The result is a printout in > max 100 dpi on all of my 6 laserjets and no proper color-to-greyscale > conversion (looks like black & white). Frankly, it looks like the result > from a dot-matrix.
That sounds like a packaging problem. To increase resolution, try *default-printer-resolution: 600 in /usr/lib/X11/xserver/C/print/attributes/document or wherever that file is. If that works, the maintainer or packager should know most printers support 600dpi at this point. I don't see why that's Xprint's fault [1]. > I never had ANY problem with postscript directly from Mozilla... and I > really print a lot. Well I'm not advocating removing PostScript/default. I'm just trying to point out that Xprint is not what some people on this list claim it is. > And I cannot understand why I would need yet another printing system on > my box, Xprint is not a "printing system". If you have CUPS *that* is a printing system. Xprint is an X server that accepts connections from clients that can draw to it but instead of rendering the output on a screen it sends it to the "printing system". That's all. > obviously requiring manual setup. I refuse to learn how Xprint > works in order to make my box print. (Hell, this is 2004 and I need to > fiddle in conf files to make a program print.) If it requires additional setup to get a perfect printout then a bug report should be filed so that the package maintainer can learn how to create a proper deb. Mike [1] the problem might be that the printing system interface (lpq, lpadmin) is not sophisticated enough to communicate information like DPI capability. -- Greedo shoots first? Not in my Star Wars. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
