[cups-devel] How do I correct the ppd file for my HP P2055dn?

[Helge Blischke]

From the P2050 series manual I learned that the manual feeder tray has to be configured for the paper type and format to be used
using the system setup menu on the printer’s panel.

> Am 22.09.2015 um 05:41 schrieb Frank Tarczynski <ftarz at mindspring.com>:
> 
> I am running CUPS V1.6.3 on a Centos 7.1 box with a HP laserjet P2055dn printer. Printing works fine for letter-size paper.
> 
> However when I try to print using 5x7 paper the image does not print as expected. I select Photo 5x7 in and manual feeder as the default printer options in CUPS and send a 5x7 PDF image to the printer. The resulting output looks like the 5x7 bounding box has it's origin at the lower-lefthand corner of a letter-size page instead of the 5x7 paper.
> 
> In the ppd file I see: *ImageableArea Photo5x7/Photo 5x7in: "18 14 342 490"
> 
> The "18 14" agrees with the minimum margins for the P2055dn on the left and right. But CUPS seems to be using the "18 14" location for a letter-size paper rather than the 5x7 page during printing. Paper sizes smaller than letter-size are held in the middle of the feed-path and so the image runs off the left size of the page.
> 
> Can I add the appropriate extra space to the *ImageableArea Photo5x7/Photo 5x7in: "18 14 342 490" to shift the image area to the right and up for correct printing? Or is CUPS just supposed to handle this by itself?
> 
> Frank
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