[cups.general] inferior photo quality in CUPS/hpijs [repost]

[Till Kamppeter]

Once, try an update to HPIJS 1.6.1 from http://hpinkjet.sf.net/, second, 
the best is to ask the driver's authors. I CC this with the copy of your 
message to them.

Cory, Dave, can you help the poster of the message below?

    Till

Andrew Schulman wrote:
> I have an HP Deskjet 990Cse, which I run under WinXP and Linux.  When I
> print photos in Linux, they have a noticeably poorer resolution than
> in Windows.  The resolution is definitely less than half as good.  Faces
> especially show blockiness that disappears when I print in Windows.
> 
> In Windows, I can choose to print with "2400x1200" resolution.  In CUPS,
> only 1200x1200 resolution is offered, but
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_990C
> explains that this setting (and in fact, all resolutions on this 
> printer)
> really interpolates 2400x1200 resolution.  Nevertheless, the result is
> noticeably poorer with CUPS/hpijs.
> 
> In Windows I use the HP drivers.  In Linux I use CUPS 1.1.20final with 
> HPIJS
> 1.5 and the latest PPD file from linuxprinting.org.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem?  Know the solution?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew.
> 
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