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151103 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> The basic problem is now clear : this printer won't print draft quality, |
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> but leaves blank bands across the output (no, it's not an old cartridge). |
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> Therefore, something has to tell it to print 'high-quality' or 'best'. |
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> In Mint, when that is set via the 631 menu, printing works correctly : |
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> I can print text files via Gvim (icon or :ha ) & Gedit, .odt via LO |
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> & PDF via Evince ; Gedit & Evince have their own quality settings. |
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> In Gentoo, the 631 setting has no effect, so all printing is draft. |
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> Only Kwrite has its own quality setting, which does work properly for text. |
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I've found the source of the problem. |
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It's necessary to choose the 'hpcups' driver, not the 'hpijs' driver, |
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when setting up the printer via the 631 menu. |
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Once that's done, Gvim Okular LO all print 'best' quality correctly. |
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There is also a quality setting hidden away in the LO menus : |
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tools -> options -> LO -> print : set 'high' = 300 dpi. |
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My route to the solution was via trying the 'gutenprint' pkg. |
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It doesn't offer a driver for an HP DJ 2510 , only 2500 or 2540, |
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but that led me to look thro' the other drivers in the 631 menu |
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& one of them was 'hpcups'. |
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I'm surprised -- well, am I really ? -- that there's no mention of all this |
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in any of the dox, wikis, Forum discussions etc etc I've scoured. |
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However as usual, all problems with Gentoo are 1 level deep : |
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find where it is & the solution falls into place promptly (smile). |
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SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb |
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