if you need to change the paper type you can do this from the cups interface:
http://localhost:631 If you are printing on plain paper and have plain paper selected (as an example) and the quality is still poor please scan the result and post the output. Thanks. Aaron On 1/2/07, Eric Tiffany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Printing black text on a color background produces terrible results on my > Photosmart 3210 printed using hplip 1.6.12 on Ubuntu 6.10. For example, > just go to > > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/mailing_lists.html > > and print the first page (making sure to set your browser print settings to > print background colors). > > You will see that the black text bleeds into the blue background of the menu > on the left side of the page. > > This page prints correctly on Windows XP. It also prints ok (but not > perfectly) on Mac OS X but only if you set up your print settings to pretend > that you have inkjet paper. > > Evidently, the HPLIP and Mac OS drivers for this 3200 series printer don't > autodetect the type of paper. Since there is no way to set the paper type > on the HPLIP driver for this printer, the output is lousy. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > HPLIP-Help mailing list > HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help > -- I don't care, I'm still free - You can't take the sky from me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
