Roger, you are right that the HPLIP developers at HP also use this site as their upstream bug tracking system, but this particular bug report has an HPLIP upstream task which is marked invalid as it turned out that the problem described here is not a problem of HPLIP. The problem is a Poppler upstream bug and all Ubuntu package tasks marked as fixed here are indeed workarounds, making Poppler only generating PostScript level 2 or replacing Poppler by Ghostscript (the latter is done in Oneiric) due to lack of a fix in Poppler upstream. Plaes continue discussion in the Poppler upstream bug (as you already do). This is the real culprit and these developers have to provide a fix.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277404 Title: hp laserjet postscript text print does not print some characters Status in HP Linux Imaging and Printing: Invalid Status in Poppler: Confirmed Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “foomatic-db” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “hplip” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “poppler” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “cups” source package in Intrepid: Fix Released Status in “foomatic-db” source package in Intrepid: Invalid Status in “gtk+2.0” source package in Intrepid: Invalid Status in “hplip” source package in Intrepid: Invalid Status in “poppler” source package in Intrepid: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: hplip Intrepid Beta (fresh install) HPLIP 2.8.7-0ubuntu3 Symptoms: Printing from a text based application like text editor to my HP ColorLaserJet 2605Dn (using the recommended Postscript driver) results in certain characters being represented as empty squares. The number "8", the "<" and ">", the "/" character and the eol char seem to be most affected. Changing the document's font does not correct the problem, but it may cause different characters to be substituted with boxes. My other printer, which is an HP P1215 inkjet (non-Postscript) works normally. The Laserjet works fine in Hardy. I tried copying the .ppd from hardy over the .ppd installed with Intrepid, but the problem remains. (note: subsequent testing indicates this para is incorrect. I had forgottent to restart CUPS. The Hardy .ppd does in fact correct the problem as noted below). If I set the Laserjet to use the generic Postscript driver I lose some control features, but what does print is correct and the problem does not manifest. To repeat the issue: open text editor and enter the string ***this is a printer system test 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/.,<>?*** print the document. The "8" character, the "/" character, the ">" character and the eol character will be represented by a hollow square. I don't see any equivalent in the Latin character set chart. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/277404/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
