Re: Printing from linux

[Dirk Bartley <bartleyd2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

awilliam@whitemice.org wrote:
> 
> > I am printing from my workstation to an HP832C connetcted to my
> server.  Samba is what I
> > am using as the printer server.  When printing from windows, there are
> no problems.  For
> > the most part it prints using the windows driver from windows98 just
> as if it were
> > connected to the paralell port of the computer running windows.  The
> difficulties come
> > when I print from linux.
> > To me this sounds like a problem stemming from lack of linux support
> for this printer.
> > There is no filter option which includes this printer in the
> print-tool.  I am using the
> > 550C/560C/6xxc filter in the linux print tool.  I can print from linux
> if it is text I am
> > trying to print.  So I can print most of the stuff I want to.  However
> I am trying to set
> 
> What version of ghost script do you have?

rpm -qa | grep gho yields the following output
ghostscript-5.10-10
ghostscript-fonts-5.10-3

> What "languages" does the 832c support?  PCL?  What level of PCL?

http://www.pandi.hp.com/pandi-db/prod_info.show?model=C6413B&name=HP_DeskJet_832C
The previous Web page says the 832c uses the language HP PCL 3

> HP's website  should have it on their somewhere.  It did for my
> HP895Cse (which work's great).  It might even be in the manual.
> 
> > up my fathers printers so he can print photo images.(jpg's)  If I open
> Gimp and try to
> > print an image, it is awful.  He uses Adobe Photoshop alot and has the
> following
> > printers: HP PhotoSmart photoprinter, HP Laserjet 4L and HP Deskjet
> 722C.  I'd like to
> 
> The 722 is a GDI (WinPrinter) and is not supported.  It might work at

What is GDI an Acronym for?  When I went to college is was for Go* Da* 
independent.

> 300dpi using PCL3 (some do) but you'll never get good output from it
> under Linux.  There is a project to create drivers for these printers
> (called PPA specifically) at:
> 
> http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa/index.html
> 
> but I don't know what the status is.  They had a working B&W driver
> about two years ago,  but I threw my PPA printer in the dumpster out
> back not long after that.
> 
> > get him to prefer the gimp over photoshp but without being able to
> print high quality, it
> > is difficult.
> 
> I can't blame him.
> 
> > So what should I be trying?  I've gone to HP's web site but failed to
> find linux printer
> > filters. Should I be sending from a linux workstation to linux server
> using nfs instead
> > of samba?  Is anyone out there a frequent user of the Gimp who has
> overcome similar
> > problems?
> 
> HP has no printer support for Linux.

HP will respond when the market requires it to.  Thank you for your input.
So the 722 is out of the question unless linux support is ready for it.
How do I determine if a printer is a winprinter?  Specifically interested
in the HP PhotoSmart photoprinter.

http://www.pandi.hp.com/pandi-db/prod_info.show?model=C3804A&name=PhotoSmartPhotoPrinter

I'll try the files from the source forge site.  And also try the gimp 
related sites.

Dirk Bartley