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From: Willie Matthews <matthews.willie@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:19:16
Message-Id: 4E93D11E.7050401@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups and Ricoh Aficio 270 by Nilesh Govindarajan
1 That printer supports postscript file format only.
2 http://support.ricoh.com/connectivity/cgi-bin/ctlpage.cgi?soft=unixfilter&cr=ra&vers=3000
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5 On Mon Oct 10 18:32:13 2011, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
6 > On Tue 11 Oct 2011 01:13:41 AM IST, Mick wrote:
7 >> I'm struggling to get anything printed properly - is there a proper driver for
8 >> this printer in CUPS. The driver I've chosen seems to distort everything
9 >> (like a page of A4 text comes out as a black spot 3px high and 2 wide! )
10 >>
11 >> I've selected AppSocket/HP JetDirect and then since no Ricoh driver showed up
12 >> I selected Make:Generic and Driver:Generic PCL Laser Printer (en).
13 >>
14 >> The reason I've chosen AppSocket/HP JetDirect is because nmap returned this
15 >> protocol when I scanned the printer. Choosing ipp, or http, lpd was not
16 >> successful either.
17 >>
18 >> However, this AppSocket/HP JetDirect protocol with the Generic driver gives
19 >> the broken printing I've described above. Selecting the Generic PostScript
20 >> Printer (en) it prints pages and pages with ascii or screwed up characters
21 >> when I try a test page.
22 >>
23 >> Any suggestions?
24 >
25 > I don't know about this printer, have you checked the printer
26 > compatibility list? (openprinting.org I guess).
27 > See how good is your printer supported.
28 >
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32 Willie Matthews
33 matthews.willie@×××××.com
34 Internet Technology Specialist
35 (702) 508-8455

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