Cannot print to OCE 9400 plotter...

Franz Pförtsch franz.pfoertsch at brose.net
Thu Dec 15 04:56:08 PST 2005


Thats are good news!

where are your printjobs come from?
which kind of PS do the build?

without the ppd you are not able to select any special function from a
cups-client.

Franz
>>
> We were able to fix the problem, so I thought I'd share our findings in
> case anyone else runs into this. :)
> 
> The solution was to NOT use the PPD file from oce.com, and to instead send
> the raw data to the plotter.  We removed the plotter from the CUPS
> listing, and added it again with the following values:
> 
> Device:  LPD/LPR Host or Printer
> Device URI:  lpd://NAME_OF_YOUR_PLOTTER/PASSTHRU
> Make:  (Select Raw from top of list)
> Model:  (The only choice should be 'Raw Queue')
> 
> And at that point, the plotter should accept drawing files!
> 
> One word of notice; the plotter does not process test pages sent from the
> CUPS web interface.
> 
> 
> sleepy





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