HP 1320 PPD - paper source options not saved

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Mon Feb 28 04:45:59 PST 2005


Paul Mitcheson wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> When I use the 1320's ppd file with cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6 (as comes with redhat EL4) and try to configure the printer.... I would like to set the paper source to either auto or tray 2.  By default it is set to tray 1.
> 
> If I alter it on localhost:631 to tray 2 by default (or auto) and click save, the web pages tells me that the changes have been made sucesfully.  But then I go back into the interface and the tray is still set to tray 1 by default.
> 
> The ppd file I am using is here:
> 
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/PPD/HP/mono_laser/HP_LaserJet_1320_Series.ppd
> 
> I have also seen this problem on several other printers recently (where we couldn't change the default try - but luckily on these the default was what we wanted so this has not been a problem until now (and that was with cups 1.1.20 installed on redhat 9).
> 
> That PPD file passes the ppd test using cupstestppd with the following:
> 
> [pdm at circuit tmp]$ cupstestppd HP_LaserJet_1320_Series.ppd
> HP_LaserJet_1320_Series.ppd: PASS
>         WARN    Protocols contains PJL but JCL attributes are not set.
>                 REF: Pages 78-79, section 5.7.
> 
> Can anyone offer any suggestions?
> 
> That PPD also gives an error from kprinter which may or may not be related to the priblem that cups is having saving the changes?.... this gets printed to the console:
> 
> PPD syntax error, UI specification not correctly closed
> PPD syntax error, UI specification not correctly closed
> 
> Thanks in advcnce.
> 
> Paul

Besides any issues known with HP printers concerning the automatic tray
switch
feature (which should be turned off), you *must* CUPS tell that tray 2
(and/or
tray 3) is(are) installed. They are marked as not installed by the PPD's 
defaults.

Helge

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