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When I upgraded my Debian system from Squeeze to Wheezy, I had two problems
with printing.
My printer is a HP LaserJet 4000, with a JetDirect card and plenty of memory
(384KB). I'm using the PostScript PPD, because the other PPDs don't allow me to
select most printer options. The printer was working fine in Squeeze.
I had to fix two problems to make my printer work in the new version of
CUPS (1.5.3) and hp-drivers (3.12.6).
The first problem is an issue I had already fixed in Squeeze, and needed to fix
again. The PPD for the HP LaserJet 4000 is misisng a critical postscript
workaround. The HP LaserJet 4000 and HP LaserJet 4050 are effectively the same
printer, just a faster processor (I know, I also have a 4050). The fix was to
extract the workaround from the PPD for the 4050 and insert that in the PPD for
the 4000. The other differences between the PPDs are related to job storage,
and I don't use that which is why I did not try to backport it.
The patch for the PPD for the 4000 is attached. The original file name seems to
be HP4000_5.PPD.
The second problem, which is new is Wheezy, is that PDF to PS renderer need to
be changed. The default, GostScript, absolutely choke the printer. After many
minutes, either the printer print an error message, or just stop processing
witout printing anything.
To change the renderer, I needed to do :
lpadmin -p <printer-name> -o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftops
The documentation claim that changing the rendered will loose color
accuracy, which is most likely not an issue for a black and white
printer. I hope it's possible to change the default renderer for all
those old printers so that printer drivers work out of the box, because
tracking down those things takes time.
Thanks !
Jean
** Affects: hplip (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Fix Released
** Affects: hplip (Debian)
Importance: Unknown
Status: New
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HP LaserJet 4000 PostScript PPD buggy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1298194
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