Printing on HP 20lb Multipurpose paper. On WinXP, I'm printing from the Adobe Reader plugin inside IE7. All the printer setttings are "Normal" or "Automatic" (when I click on the resolution button that the HP printer driver provides on the Features tab, the popup says 600dpi)
On Ubuntu HPLIP 1.6.12, I am printing from the default PDF viewer, Evince 0.6.1. The "Printout Mode" setting is "Normal (automatically detect paper type)" and the Resolution, etc setting is "Controlled by 'Printout Mode'". However, if I set the resolution to any of the 600 dpi or 1200dpi (photo paper) settings, the results are just as bad. ET On 1/3/07 1:48 PM, "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What type of paper are you printing on? What resolution? and from what > application? > > A > > On 1/2/07, Eric Tiffany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 1/2/07 6:17 PM, "Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> if you need to change the paper type you can do this from the cups >>> interface: >>> >>> http://localhost:631 >> >> Actually, you can't select the paper type. >> >> You can only select the Printout Mode, which selects the "quality" but in >> (almost) all cases says "(auto-detect paper)". If you set the Printout Mode >> to "Photo" then it will expect photo paper. >> >> The other setting is "Resolution, Quality, Ink Type, Media Type" which has a >> bunch of settings, but the choices that mention paper indicate photo paper. >> >> I haven't checked all possible permutations, but I'm pretty sure that the >> results will be equivalently crappy. >> >>> >>> 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. >> >> I have done this with a PDF I created a while ago to show HP why the Mac >> drivers are broken (and which they ignored). Using plain paper, and with >> the default settings, I have printed using the HP Windows XP drivers and the >> HPLIP drivers (1.6.12 on Ubuntu) and scanned the results. The scans and the >> original PDF are attached. You will note that the HPLIP version shows a lot >> of bleeding around the black characters and the black border (and the >> position and size of the image is larger on the HPLIP version too, but >> that's harder to see). >> >> So there you go. BTW, the Mac drivers produce equally crappy 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 >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
