The fading out of the pages is a bug of GIMP-Print, update the
ghostscript and cups-drivers packages as described on
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405
To know how to print with GIMP, surf to
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups8.html#gimp
Till
Larry Marshall wrote:
>
> > Actually what I'm getting looks a lot like the ink tanks are running dry. But
> > really they're not. There's plently of ink in them. In Kmail the email
> > addresses and URL's are a pastel blue in color, these don't print at all. And
>
> Mark, does it get worse as the print job gets farther along? This is
> the problem I have with CUPS/Netscape and I cant even imagine what
> command or lack there of that causes it. Typically the first page of
> a Netscape print looks ok (but isn't as dark as a print from
> Explorer/Windows) but as the print continues the text gradually fades
> to nothing as though the cartridge is running out of ink. That's not
> the case, however, as a subsequent print from Windows yields nice dark
> black text. Any idea what could possibly cause this?
>
> BTW, I also discovered that I can't get GIMP to print on my system
> using CUPS/GIMP-PRINT :-)
> Another opportunity to learn I guess.
>
> Cheers --- Larry
