Re: Strange printing effect *WORKAROUND*

2010-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 26 May 2010 18:26:13 +0100 Barry Samuels wrote: Hello Barry, > Thanks for posting that but it didn't work for me but I do have the You're welcome. A pity it didn't work, but as I said, your symptoms were different. > plain vanilla postscript driver which does work. At least you've ha

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 26 May 2010 18:36:41 +0200 Merciadri Luca wrote: Hello Merciadri, > Well, that keeps being strange to my eyes. I have never seen such > problems. I have seen page scaling, rotating, etc., but never this Yes, seen those too. > problem. I hope somebody's going to find an answer to your p

Re: Strange printing effect *WORKAROUND*

2010-05-26 Thread Barry Samuels
On 26/05/10 17:30:55, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 15:16:29 +0100 > Barry Samuels wrote: > > Hello Barry, > > > It does look like the HPLIP driver is causing the problem. > > It certainly seems to be. Although the thread meantioned below also > throws suspicion on ghostscript. Aft

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Merciadri Luca
Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 15:33:38 +0200 > Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Hello Merciadri, > > >> That is a really strange problem. Have you tried your printer on >> another computer? (Basic question, I know, but we sometimes forget.) >> > > Unfortunately, that's not possible, as

Re: Strange printing effect *WORKAROUND*

2010-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 26 May 2010 15:16:29 +0100 Barry Samuels wrote: Hello Barry, > It does look like the HPLIP driver is causing the problem. It certainly seems to be. Although the thread meantioned below also throws suspicion on ghostscript. After some poking around (Google, HPLIP support site [which is

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 26 May 2010 15:33:38 +0200 Merciadri Luca wrote: Hello Merciadri, > That is a really strange problem. Have you tried your printer on > another computer? (Basic question, I know, but we sometimes forget.) Unfortunately, that's not possible, as I don't have access to another computer to t

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 26 May 2010 15:16:29 +0100, Barry Samuels wrote: > On 26/05/10 12:08:23, Camaleón wrote: >> (...) >> >> Make a quick test: create a new printer using CUPS interface (select a >> PS driver) and try to print the same page with the newly created >> printer to see if it happens the same. --

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Barry Samuels
On 26/05/10 12:08:23, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 10:26:54 +0100, Barry Samuels wrote: > > > I use Debian Testing/Squeeze with the 2.6.32 kernel, hplip and > > hplip-cups. My printer is a networked HP LaserJet 4500 colour laser. > > > > I get a strange print output sometimes where parts

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Merciadri Luca
Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:24:03 +0200 > Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Hello Merciadri, > > > > Given that I'm using the correct driver for my printer (a fact I > neglected to mention), and another HP printer is suffering similar > issues would indicate (to me at least) the fault i

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 26 May 2010 14:24:03 +0200 Merciadri Luca wrote: Hello Merciadri, > Are not you having some CUPS driver problem? I had to try many > different ones for my HP OfficeJet Pro L7500 to make it work correctly. Given that I'm using the correct driver for my printer (a fact I neglected to ment

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 26 May 2010 12:15:33 +0100 Barry Samuels wrote: Hello Barry, > That's not fair! It's prettier than mine. :-)) :-) At least a few others have suggested diagnostics that will help eliminate/prove causes. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Merciadri Luca
Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 10:26:54 +0100 > Barry Samuels wrote: > > Hello Barry, > > >> It's all rather baffling and any suggestions would be greatly >> appreciated. >> > > I don't have an answer, but I can tell you it's not 'just you'. > > Using an HP 1200 Business Inkjet,

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Barry Samuels
On 26/05/10 11:52:22, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 26 May 2010 10:26:54 +0100 > Barry Samuels wrote: > > It's all rather baffling and any suggestions would be greatly > > appreciated. > > I don't have an answer, but I can tell you it's not 'just you'. > > Using an HP 1200 Business Inkjet, hplip

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 26 May 2010 10:26:54 +0100, Barry Samuels wrote: > I use Debian Testing/Squeeze with the 2.6.32 kernel, hplip and > hplip-cups. My printer is a networked HP LaserJet 4500 colour laser. > > I get a strange print output sometimes where parts of the background are > black where it should be

Re: Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 26 May 2010 10:26:54 +0100 Barry Samuels wrote: Hello Barry, > It's all rather baffling and any suggestions would be greatly > appreciated. I don't have an answer, but I can tell you it's not 'just you'. Using an HP 1200 Business Inkjet, hplip & Cups I get similar things. The only diff

Strange printing effect

2010-05-26 Thread Barry Samuels
I use Debian Testing/Squeeze with the 2.6.32 kernel, hplip and hplip-cups. My printer is a networked HP LaserJet 4500 colour laser. I get a strange print output sometimes where parts of the background are black where it should be white. This only occurs on areas which are empty i.e. there is no