filter options ignored on a browsed queue

[Helge Blischke]

msz at astrouw dot edu dot pl wrote:
> 
> I have a HP2100 PS network printer. The queue "hp2100" is defined (as JetDirect printer) on one machine, say "host1", with default Queue/Filter options (12cpi, 7 lpi, page margins etc.) Driver options are set to "Convert text to postscript" and "Assume unknown data is text".
> 
> When I print a plain ASCII text file on "host1", using "lpr -Php2100 textfile" command, everything works as expected, the output conforms to the queue/filter options. When I, however, issue the same command on another machine, say "host2", on which the "hp2100" queue is automatically detected as a "Browsed queue", I get completely different output - big font, first line cropped, about two first characters of each line also cropped. As if it ignored completely the filter settings.
> 
> There is no possibility to edit a browsed queue so my guess is it should just send the file to "host1" for preprocessing and printing. Apparently it is not so.
> 
> Both machines are Fedora Core 2, cups updated to 1.1.20-11.6. I am using the Fedora's "system-config-printer" utility.
> 
> When I added the printer as a new queue on "host2", with the same settings as on "host1", it started to print OK. Any idea why it is not so when it uses "browsed" queue?
> 
> regards, Michal.

As far as CUPS is concerned, the options saved in (system-global of
user-local) lpoptions
files are *not* transmitted to other CUPS servers. IIRC, this will
change in CUPS 1.2.x
(hopefully).

Helge

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