From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Tue Aug 24 16:31:11 2010
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:31:29 -0700
From: Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com
To: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 02:42:18PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
I was not entirely sure before today whether the 4050N could handle
straight PostScript instead of PCL, but the test I performed using nc to
see if it would print properly involved using
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 01:31:06AM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote:
What are the chances that that those 'problem' PDFs are designed for a
slightly _different_ paper size, and CUPS is -nto- 'scaling' to fit the
actual paper size?
When printing via a method that bypasses CUPS (using netcat), it
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 06:12:40PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
CUPS is a black box to me, filled with black magic.
Me too. That's why I use lpd.
I'm considering it, at least for this laptop. Still, it would be nice to
know how to fix this problem
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 08:33:34PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
It appears that PPDs are stored in the reasonably-named
/usr/local/etc/cups/ppd. There's a PPD for the LJ4050 in
print/foomatic-db...
And it has
*ImageableArea
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:12:40 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com
wrote:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:49:24PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
The LJ4050 is a great printer, but it doesn't print PDFs natively.
So you need to find what CUPS is
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 08:33:34PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
It appears that PPDs are stored in the reasonably-named
/usr/local/etc/cups/ppd. There's a PPD for the LJ4050 in
print/foomatic-db...
And it
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:57:29AM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
For another test, use pdf2ps and feed the PS output directly to the
printer, bypassing CUPS. If the LJ4050N Ethernet is connected (and it
really should be), you can use nc something like this (untested):
# pdf2ps test.pdf -
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:38:52AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
If your printer can do PS, you don't need CUPS; lpd does everything.
If you just need to convert printing output (which traditionally *is*
PS) to PCL, you might be interested in using apsfilter. It's a lot
more lightweight than
Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 25 August 2010:
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:57:29AM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
For another test, use pdf2ps and feed the PS output directly to the
printer, bypassing CUPS. If the LJ4050N Ethernet is connected (and it
really should be), you can use nc
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:27:20 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote:
Is there much I'd need to know about apsfilter to use it with lpd?
No, just make sure to compile it with options
PAGE=A4
PAPERSIZE=a4
A4=yes
in /etc/make.conf if you need ISO A4 support. It is
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 25 August 2010:
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:57:29AM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
For another test, use pdf2ps and feed the PS output directly to the
printer, bypassing CUPS. If the LJ4050N Ethernet is connected (and it
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
I was not entirely sure before today whether the 4050N could handle
straight PostScript instead of PCL, but the test I performed using nc to
see if it would print properly involved using pdf2ps and no other file
format transformations, so it seems PS is
Quoth Chad Perrin on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
I'm using CUPS on FreeBSD 8.0, and any time I try to print from outside
Firefox the top and bottom of a PDF gets cut off. I don't have any means
installed for printing a PDF from inside Firefox, but Webpages and the
CUPS test page print just fine
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 02:04:32PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
I'm not seeing that here, but I don't have a PDF that prints data in the
margins. If you have one, can you email it to me?
I don't think it prints to the margins, per se.
I also know that it's not particular to the printer, since
Quoth Chad Perrin on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 02:04:32PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
I'm not seeing that here, but I don't have a PDF that prints data in the
margins. If you have one, can you email it to me?
I don't think it prints to the margins, per se.
I
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
I'm using CUPS on FreeBSD 8.0, and any time I try to print from outside
Firefox the top and bottom of a PDF gets cut off. I don't have any means
installed for printing a PDF from inside Firefox, but Webpages and the
CUPS test page print just fine from
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:49:24PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
The LJ4050 is a great printer, but it doesn't print PDFs natively.
So you need to find what CUPS is using to convert PDFs to PostScript and
adjust that. It may be an A4 to letter conversion, or it's trying to
intelligently
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:49:24PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
The LJ4050 is a great printer, but it doesn't print PDFs natively.
So you need to find what CUPS is using to convert PDFs to PostScript and
adjust that. It may be an A4 to letter
Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote:
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:49:24PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
The LJ4050 is a great printer, but it doesn't print PDFs natively.
So you need to find what CUPS is using to convert PDFs to PostScript and
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
As Chip Camden noted, it could be a problem with the printable area not
being correct. CUPS should get that information from a PPD file--I
think. Do you have the correct PPD installed...er...wherever it
Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010:
As Chip Camden noted, it could be a problem with the printable area not
being correct. CUPS should get that information from a PPD file--I
think. Do you have
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