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

Felix Ulrich-Oltean wylug at felixu.com
Wed Mar 4 20:44:58 UTC 2009


On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:01:36AM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:53:14AM +0000, Roger Leigh wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 08:13:18PM +0000, 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
> > 
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511009
> > 
> > This has a temporary fix for the problem (disabling PDF as a filter
> > format).  However, you'll see that the real fix (a PDF-capable
> > Foomatic filter) will be uploaded shortly.
> 
> Actually, it went in earlier today.  If you upgrade tomorrow,
> it should resolve itself.

Excellent news. Thanks, Roger.  It's so fun riding the unstable train :-D




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