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Most people prefer generic PCL drivers but with these drivers you can't take advantage of all the features of your printer, in fact you are limited to a 600dpi resolution, you can't use the toner saving etc. I've tried several generic PCL drivers and the best is Foomatic/hpijs- pcl5e (for HL-2170W), it handles the margins correctly. However also Foomatic/ljet4 and Foomatic/ljet4d work well with margins. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1184663 Title: Incorrect margins when printing to a laser printer using CUPS 1.6.x Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a Brother HL-2270DW laser printer and I'm having issues with print margins using the official drivers by Brother after I upgraded to Quantal and these issues still persist with Raring. Other users reported similar problems with different printers mostly Brother: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12381534 http://askubuntu.com/questions/284441/hl-2240-brother-not-printing-at-margins/300186#300186 I have also a Brother MFC-J6510DW inkjet all-in-one printer and it works fine. I've found out that a workaround for the Brother original driver is to print your document as .ps file and then print that file. However using some Generic PCL drivers I can get correct margins in particular with Foomatic/ljet4 and Foomatic/ljet4d. Following directions in Debugging Printing Problems, I've enabled "Save debugging information for troubleshooting" and I've captured a print job. However the captured file appears to be OK whereas the printed file has wrong margins (left +6 mm; top -4 mm). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: cups 1.6.2-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon May 27 18:19:24 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-16 (72 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130315) Lpstat: device for BRFAX: lpd://BRW002258EF8326/BINARY_P1 device for HL2270DW: lpd://BRW00225892D671/BINARY_P1 device for MFCJ6510DW: lpd://BRW002258EF8326/BINARY_P1 device for PCL_HL-2X: lpd://BRW00225892D671/BINARY_P1 device for PCL_HL-2X__Duplex: lpd://BRW00225892D671/BINARY_P1 MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U36SD MarkForUpload: True Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: HL2270DW: Brother HL2270DW for CUPS PCL_HL-2X__Duplex: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/ljet4d PCL_HL-2X: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/ljet4 MFCJ6510DW: Brother MFC-J6510DW CUPS BRFAX: Brother BRMFCFAX for CUPS ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-22-generic root=UUID=ec9aa77a-fa22-4668-b846-38058c29cf00 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/12/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: U36SD.205 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: U36SD dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrU36SD.205:bd07/12/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU36SD:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU36SD:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: U36SD dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1184663/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
