Re: [gentoo-user] printing problems

[Mick]

On Monday 02 Nov 2015 02:46:01 Daniel Frey wrote:
> On 11/01/2015 04:08 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
> > I am trying to get printing to work properly in my recently built
> > machine. 'hp-probe' identifies my printer as 'HP Deskjet 2510 series'.
> > When I print a text file from Gvim or a ps file from LO,
> > there are blank bands across the page, omitting lines or parts of
> > letters.
> >
> > I have managed to get Kwrite to print properly
> > via  file -> print -> options -> layout -> schema :
> > when set to 'normal' 'KDE' 'Vim dark', everything comes out as it should
> > (there are some amusing color effects, but it's all there).
> >
> > Alongside Gentoo, I installed Mint 17.2 (Xfce),
> > which started printing properly via Gedit + LO
> > after I set print quality to 'high' via the 'http://localhost:631' menu
> > (I didn't go back to test Gvim there, but assume it would work too).
> > Gedit has its own internal print-quality menu too.
> >
> > I have compared  /etc/hp/hplip.conf  in Gentoo vs Mint :
> > the Gentoo version of Hplip is 3.14.10 , Mint has 3.15.2 ;
> > the Gentoo version of Cups is 2.0 , Mint has 1.7 ;
> > the Gentoo version of Hplip was built with 'foomatic-ppd-install=no',
> > the Mint version with '...=yes'.
> >
> > I can contrive to print text + ps files easily
> > by copying them to an appropriate partition & rebooting into Mint,
> > but Gentoo is supposed to make these things easier, not more difficult.
> >
> > Finally, I've never got the print icon in Gvim to work :
> > I use the 'prtdialog' plug-in, which prints, but only badly as above.
> >
> > Can anyone offer advice or suggestions ?
>
> Have you tried with foomatic-ppd-install on Gentoo? It's the
> `static-ppds` USE flag, which may also need the `hpijs` USE flag.
>
> I had so many problems with hplip I stopped using it. I found out there
> was another way to use my hp CP1025nw with foomatic, and that works
> trouble free. Most of the problems was with hplip's installer, it just
> refused to work. It would say it was successful, but it never installed
> anything.
>
> Dan

Before you reinstall with 'static-ppds' chech setting hpijs.  This is my flags 
with another (older) HP printer and it works here:

[I] net-print/hplip
     Available versions:  
            3.14.10	[X doc fax +hpcups hpijs kde libnotify -libusb0 minimal 
parport policykit qt4 scanner snmp static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"]
       ~    3.15.9	[X doc fax +hpcups hpijs kde libnotify -libusb0 minimal 
parport policykit qt4 scanner snmp static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"]
     Installed versions:  3.14.10(12:51:55 04/05/15)(X hpcups hpijs kde 
libnotify policykit qt4 -doc -fax -libusb0 -minimal -parport -scanner -snmp -
static-ppds PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7")

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Regards,
Mick