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--- On Wed, 10/1/08, maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> From: maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com> |
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> Subject: [gentoo-user] CUPS can't print |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 12:31 PM |
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> Hi group, |
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> This printer, HP Laserjet 4 plus, works fine in WinXP. |
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> According to localhost:631 the printer was set up |
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> successfully but when I tried to print a test page the |
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> printer made some whirring noise then stopped and went |
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> off-line. In the LED readout on the printer it says: PC Load |
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> H4. According to the error log the job was "completed |
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> successfully". |
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> The printer does not appear in dmesg but according to the |
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> gentoo printing howto this is not critical. I'm using |
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> cups-1.3.7-r1. |
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> Any help appreciated |
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> Maxim |
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So, I found there's two ways to load this thing: a stack of paper in a tray at the bottom or individually via a fold out door above the tray |
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<slaps own forehead>. Then it's a question of adjusting 'Properties' in the print dialogue. 'A4' or 'Letter' before clicking 'Print' a second time. |
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Now if I can just figure out how to un-bold the font: way to much ink being used ;) |
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