Hi there, well thanks - I am actually thinking that way too - (really). There are some curly things in Linux and I would like to help. Busy weekend ( one year older...) but I'll get back to you on this. The way Novell did this was to assign strings to the stages of printing and issue them before and after. This led me to create some non-printing situations where I was sending codes to devices to turn on/off etc more later Mike
On 02/11/14 10:49, Carl Turney wrote: > Hi All, > > Mike, your response is the only one I've received so far on this topic. > > Yeah, I too vaguely remember creating an MSDOS batch file that shot the > ASCII form-feed character out to the printer port, for times when it was > needed... about 25 years ago. > > Never heard of HPLIP, nor how to determine if my Mint Qiana has it > loaded up. > > Rather than a local Melbourne fix, I was trying to find a specialist > forum relative to the cause of my problem. i.e. Some hardware driver > author, or CUPS programmer, could see my problem, write a fix, and offer > it to the Linux (or Debian or Ubuntu or Mint) community as a global > update. But maybe you're one of those guys, Mike? > > Cheers, > > Carl > Bayswater, Vic > > On 01/11/14 12:53, Mike wrote: >> Hi there, >> interesting - thanks for sharing that with us - >> I used to see this a lot in other technology (15+ years ago) and it was >> a case of the print spooler not sending the correct or sufficient >> re-initialisation codes to the printer before (or you could argue after) >> the print job. >> I am not sure yet where to look in the printing systems but will give it >> some thought. >> I suspect the same effect can be had with other combinations. >> We had a temporary patch which was to send a dummy document to the >> printer to reset the codes. >> >> This was easy to fix back then using a printer in hexdump mode and >> creating the dummy doc. >> >> A favourite subject of mine at the moment is the HPLIP printing system - >> there was an update recently to 13.14.10. I wonder if you have used this >> - if so what version. I noticed some features have been removed in the >> latest update >> >> Wonder where you are at now with this - it gives my a push to investigate. >> Mike >> >> >> On 01/11/14 11:27, Carl Turney wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Have searched a while, but can't even find the relevant forum where my >>> problem would be best addressed. >>> >>> ***** Background: >>> Recently installed Linux Mint MATE * Qiana on my desktop and laptop (64 >>> & 32 bit versions respectively). Have a Lexmark E230 monochrome laser >>> printer, which the Mint install/setup routine handled easily and >>> effortlessly. It prints documents perfectly, whether I'm printing PDFs >>> from Document Viewer, Word docs from LibreOffice, or ASCII text from the >>> Pluma text editor. >>> >>> ***** Problem: >>> (On the 64-bit desktop, haven't tried the 32 bit laptop.) Whenever I >>> print a second document, regardless of which of the above apps I'm >>> using, I get printer code, instead of the desired document. For instance... >>> >>> PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCLXL >>> ) HP-PCL XL;1;1;Comment Copyright Artifex >>> Software, I >>> (then a new page, and the full range of random ASCII characters -- e.g. >>> foreign letters, emoticons, etc.) >>> >>> I have to turn my printer off and on, for every item I want to print. Grr. >>> >>> (Note: If I'm in LibreOffice and ask it to print multiple copies, I >>> don't have any problems.) >>> >>> ***** Question: >>> >>> Any suggestions on =whose= forum I should direct this problem to? e.g. >>> Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, CUPS, some printer driver developer group, etc.? >>> >>> (Note: I've found the Linux Mint forums the worst I've ever >>> encountered. And I've probably used well over a dozen in the past >>> decade. Lots of people asking questions, and nearly zero responses from >>> anyone knowledgeable.) >>> >>> Thanks =very= much guys, >>> >>> Carl Turney >>> Bayswater, Melbourne >>> >>> * BTW: MATE is pronounced "MAH-tay". I have an Argentinian friend who >>> loves the locally-famous drink which the GUI is named after. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> luv-main mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main >> _______________________________________________ >> luv-main mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main >> > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
