[cups.development] [RFE] STR #3151: Precission issue with cups.

[Michael R Sweet]

Philip Neves wrote:
> Well I believe the driver is a ppd file. Who do I report this to? I'd 
> really like to report this because it makes the system unusable for more 
> precise printing applications. 

"grep cupsFilter /etc/cups/ppd/printername.ppd" will show you the
filter, which will likely be foomatic or gutenprint...

> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com 
> <mailto:msweet at apple.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     [STR Closed w/o Resolution]
> 
>     This is a driver and printer issue, not a CUPS issue. Basically, most
>     consumer printers have terrible registration/feed accuracy, and the
>     usual
>     solution is to overprint (for CD labels and full-bleed pages) a
>     little to
>     account for the feed problems.
> 
>     Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3151
>     Version:  -feature
>     Fix Version: None
> 
> 
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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer