On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 11:32 +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:23:49PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > Can you confirm you haven't got your printer set to running at 300 dpi > > in the printer (not Xprint) configuration? For instance if you use CUPS > > then check at http://localhost:631/printers (use the "Configure Printer" > > link) > > There isn't any resolution setting there. Here's the full config page: > Hmm, that makes it more complicated, sorry about that. Seems the PPD files are not sufficiently standardised so we can't always rely on getting resolution settings from them. I presume you've installed the most recent PPD file (from the manufacturer or linuxprinting.org). It's hard to know what to suggest from here. Does your printer have a configuration page you can print off (from the printer's control panel, independently of your computer)? It might tell you the default resolution that it's running on. Have you tried the CUPS test page. I can't remember if it explicitly says what resolution it uses, but you can use the image of the 1-degree rays to tell 300dpi from higher resolutions. Oh, another trick worth trying is to set your Xprint resolution to 300 dpi and see if the print comes out correctly. Not satisfactory long term if your printer supports 2400 dpi, but it will help confirm if we've correctly diagnosed the problem. In that regard, is the mis-scaling always to a factor of 2? If your printer is configured to 300dpi, then I would expect Xprint resolution settings of 600, 1200 or 2400 to give mis-scaling factors of 2,4 and 8 respectively. I suspect the PDF files which Xprint generates will not have the same problem. You may have luck printing to PDF file (find them in ~/Xprintjobs) and sending the pdf file to your printer. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
