Hi :) In Windows the layout and tabs are all different for different machines. To some extent Gnu&Linux drivers cover a wider range of machines and anyway the different ones make some effort to be consistent with each other. In Windows each printer tries to look more modern and fancy than other printers and manufacturers supply their own dialogue boxes for the different machines. Regards from Tom :)
--- On Fri, 28/10/11, Thomas Knierim <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Thomas Knierim <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of > paper > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 28 October, 2011, 17:04 > Hi > Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press > Productions: > > > > > I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for > that printer. I never saw an HP printer use PDF as a > default language for the printer. > > > > The Printer Language is set by LibreOffice. If you open the > print dialog, klick on the printer and then on properties > you get a new window. Select the tab device and here you > have the printer language PDF (don't know if the Words of > the tab etc. are correct since I use a german version). > Again: setting this to PostScript (Level of the Driver) > resolves the problem - but that are too much clicks for a > print job. > > > Did you download and install the HP drivers for > Linux? Here is the link to the site. > > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html > > Yes I have the newest Version installed. The most recent > version is 3.11.10... > > > > > I have two HP printers. Color Laserjet 2600n and > PSC1410. I needed these updated drivers to make the > printers work the best for Ubuntu Linux. When you run > the file in the Terminal [instructions are given on the > site], it should ask about which OS and printer you have, > before you download the needed file. Then when you run > the script, it will download everything that is needed and > install the needed packages for you. > > > > This may help, if you did not install the > drivers. I found that the drivers included with Ubuntu > 10.04 was not as good as the most up-to-date ones from that > site. > > > > The system shows the OS for SUSE 11.3 and 11.4, and > you will have to page down the printer list a long way to > get to your printer, after you select OfficeJet Pro as the > type of printer. I do not see ArchLinux, but you > should be able to use the driver from the parent OS like > Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, etc., whatever it is. It > shows the same version for the package as you listed, but so > did Ubuntu, but for some reason when I installed the version > from this site, it seemed to work better. Actually, I > just realized that I am running an older version than is > online, so I will be upgrading it myself. > > > > IF you still have the problems, make sure you use the > non-PDF language for your default printer language. > HP's language or Postscript language is preferred. > > ... PDF is set in LibreOffice (see above) :( > > > > > As for CUPS, did you install CUPS-PDF from your > package manager? That is my default way to print out > PDF files, even from LibreOffice [most of the time]. > > In OpenSuse 12.1 (standard) there is no package called > cups-pdf > > > > > As for the 2 pages per sheet, the orientation for the > sheet should be landscape. If it is otherwise, then > there is a problem. > > > > On 10/28/2011 08:38 AM, Thomas Knierim wrote: > >> Hi everybody, > >> > >> this is my first post in a mailing list - so > please be patient. > >> > >> I have a strange problem - and I have to admint: I > don't know if it belongs to llibreoffice only. So here is > the Problem: > >> I'm using a HP Officjet Pro k8600dn and I can't > print to pages on a sheet of paper. If I start a print job > the paper gets loaded and the printer hangs. I could only > bring it back to live if I switch it off and on again. The > problem does only appear if the printer language is set to > PDF (the default) in LibreOffice. If I set it to PostScript > (level of the driver) the printer works as expected. > >> On the other hand: I have an old HP Laserjet 5L. > With it the two-pages-on-a-sheet-printing works (but the > orientation is wrong - but that's another problem). > >> > >> Here is my software: > >> OperationSystem: Linux (OpenSuse RC1 or Archlinux > - both the same error) > >> LibreOffice: 3.4.2 > >> CUPS: 1.5.0 > >> hplip: 3.11.10 > >> > >> Greetings tknierim > > > > > > -- > > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly > archived and cannot be deleted > > > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived > and cannot be deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
