[Wylug-help] Printer seems to be printing out raw postscript

[Roger]

linux at felixu.com wrote:
> I have a Debian unstable system connected to an HP DeskJet 6540 by
> USB.  I run CUPS and use the hpijs driver.
> 
> Since about a week ago, it has started to spew out rubbish - I'm
> guessing it's raw ps but don't really know.  The CUPS test page output
> starts with 
> 
> %PDF-1.3
> %1234
> % This file was generated by pdftopdf

That looks odd: "pdftopdf" suggests a conversion from pdf to pdf, 
whereas I gather you want ps (postscript) not pdf...

> Just for something to try, I've re-configured the CUPS printer, done
> dpkg-reconfigure on things like cups, hpijs, hpijs-ppds.  Not sure
> where to go next.
> 
> Any ideas welcome.
> 
> Ta,
> 
> Felix.
> 
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