OK, that's some kind of confusing: Using Ubuntu everything works out of the box! Where is the difference to other distributions?
The Versions are nearly the same: Cups: - OpenSuse: 1.5 - Archlinux: 1.5 - ubuntu: 1.5 Ghostscript - Opensuse: 9.00 - Archlinux: 9.04 - ubuntu: 9.04 hplip - Opensuse: 3.11.10 - Archlinux: 3.11.10 - ubuntu: 3.11.7 libreoffice: - Opensuse: 3.4.2 OOO340m1 (Build: 1206) - Archlinux: 3.4.3 (build unknown since Archlinux is not installed this moment) - ubuntu: 3.4.3 OOO340m1 (build 302) So I go back and install archlinux again to see what happens if I install hplip 3.11.7. Am 29.10.2011 um 01:59 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions: > > Sorry, I just say the Device option tap showing PDF as the default. I do not > know what "PDF" means in this context, since my printers may have that as a > printer language type, as far as I remember. My HP Inkjet is not a > postscript printer, but my Color Laser might be able to deal with that. I > did not see Postscript as an option for the Epson inkjet. I sure did not > read it having a PDF language option. So something is not right. Could PDF > here mean "Printer Defined Format" for the language used? > > Can the Postscript type "level from driver" be kept as the "default" option > somehow? Maybe the "Printer Administration" shown was a module of LO 3.4 [at > least with Ubuntu]? I believe that module of LO was designed to set up the > printers to run properly with LO. > > -------------- > > CUPS-PDF - no package for OpenSUSE? I wondered what OpenSUSE uses as a > replacement package, so I looked it up on the site. > > On the opensuse.org site, 12.1 is in RC till November 16th. I searched the > packages and there are 3 rpm package files [depending on the computer] for > cups-pdf-2.5.1-1.1 > > If I read the site correctly, 12.1 is the "opensuse/factory" development > version since it still is in development till November 16th. So the search > for the cups pdf package in that and the other version come up with a .rpm > file to download and install it. So it should be in the OpenSUSE version of > a repository. > > http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=cups+pdf&baseproject=openSUSE%3AFactory&lang=en&exclude_debug=true > <http://software.opensuse.org/search?q=cups+pdf&baseproject=openSUSE%3AFactory&lang=en&exclude_debug=true> > I wonder why it was not part of the ISO that you downloaded to install > OpenSUSE? > > Actually I had trouble with OpenSUSE, the one time I tried using it. I have > an IBM server that originally had SUSE installed on it, so the icon tag > showed. But I bought it with the OS, and everything else, wiped off the 3 > SCSI drives that 2002 era P-4 IBM server had. So I downloaded OpenSUSE [3 or > 4 years ago] and tried to install it, but it would not install. So I ended > using an old copy of Win2000/pro till I ended up putting Ubuntu on it 2 years > ago. So I never had any luck with OpenSUSE. If they do not include, in > their ISOs, something as simple as the PDF package that is part of the CUPS > printer environment, I do not know what to think. My Epson printer uses a > driver that uses CUPS as its backend so I can print using Linux computers. > > Do not get me wrong, OpenSUSE might be a great Linux OS, since businesses are > what it tends to be what it is marketed towards, but I just had one bad > experience and did not look back. I use Ubuntu, and other people tell me to > try "such-n-such" Linux distro since they think it is the best you can get. > We have one person on this board that is involved in developing the > Mandriva, which was Mandrake. I was taught Linux using Mandrake 7.x, back 10 > to 11 years ago [if I remember correctly, and I still have a CD of it]. That > one is in the top 10 of the list of distros I came across on a distro watch > site. OpenSUSE is on that list as well. Arch Linux is considered an > advanced user distro while OpenSUSE is a "middle-of-the-road" one. Their > terms, not mine. But we each have our favorite ones. I have mine and you > have yours. That it what it should be. > > > > > On 10/28/2011 12:04 PM, Thomas Knierim wrote: >> 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
