[Nottingham] Printing issue, any suggestions?

[Mike Martin]

 --- "Siddle, James" <james.siddle@siemens.com> wrote: > Hi,
> 
> I recently set about changing my working system from XP to Linux,
> and so far
> my progress has been good apart from one outstanding issue:
> Printing. Any
> help you can offer would be appreciated, though I do realise that
> this is a
> local user group and not a technical support group!

same thing really

> Basically, I can print graphics (e.g. through Gimp, and the SuSE
> 8.1 YaST2
> test page), but text/PS printing always does the same thing - I get
> lines 2
> & 3 from the first page, very lightly printed, followed by lots of
> blank
> pages. I've tried printing from OpenOffice.org and Kate, and I get
> the same
> thing in each case.

what do you get if you do

lpr (any pure text file, /etc/resolv.conf is my fav cos its little)
gs any file

both from a x-terminal

> I've tried changing my print system between CUPS and LPR, but only
> through
> the KDE control centre, and my knowledge of why I should change
> these
> settings is limited.
> 

using CUPS have you tried configuring a printer natively ie: via
http://localhost:631/admin

It sounds a lot like a ghostscript problem.

> It's really frustrating having come so close to a complete system
> (CD
> writing, MP3 ripping / playing, Document editing, Financial
> spreadsheet
> editing, Web and email access, and Web page and Graphics editing
> are all
> working on my system now :-) ) to be held up by such a basic thing.
> 
> Any help appreciated,
> 
> Jim
> 
> James Siddle BSc(Hons) MBCS
> Software Engineer
> Contract Engineering
> 
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