I have been affected by this for years while printing from Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) via a FreeBSD (9.2 for what matters) CUPS server (versions 1.5.x to 1.7.x at least). I have two printers: HP Laserjet 1320 and HP Deskjet 5550 which are installed via CUPS on the FreeBSD server and shared with the Linux CUPSes (1.5.3 from precise).
Printing via the Foomatic/HPIJS drivers "HP-LaserJet_1320-hpijs.ppd" and "HP-DeskJet_5550-hpijs.ppd" always gave me unacceptably wrong printout margins (shifted more than 1 cm right and up). The generic PCL driver provided by CUPS never had this problem, but of course would not take advantage of any advanced printer features. Running the command hinted by Till in post #6 lpadmin -p <printer_queue> -o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftops on the FreeBSD server (NOT on the Ubuntu Linux clients!) for every printer installed there solved the problem completely. Many thanks for that. The server now runs CUPS-1.7.2 and shares its printers with the Linux CUPS-1.5.3 via cups-browsed in total harmony and I always get correct margins. Let me emphasise once more that in my case this bug was NOT caused on the side of Ubuntu 12.04 (CUPS 1.5.3 ) but on the side of the FreeBSD server (CUPS 1.7.2). However this seems to suggests that the root of the issue goes upstream ... -- 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: Confirmed 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
