page width problem with plotter

Mario Minati mario.minati at minati.de
Mon May 8 22:58:22 PDT 2006


Any ideas?
I still haven't.

Greets,
Mario

Mario Minati schrieb:
> Hi @all,
> 
> I have a good running cups-samba printserver configuration which should 
> take over our old win nt 4 domain after enough testing.
> 
> During this testing I discovered problems with our hp 750c+ A0 plotter.
> In our existing Windows setup with the drivers installed locally, we can 
> print up to 2 meters length.
> 
> With the cups printserver and the ppd from linuxprinting.org respective 
> the ppds from the debian (etch) packages I got problems with the length.
> 
> I manually added a new pagesize to the ppd for A0 oversize with 2 meters 
>   length which was available on the client after adding the respective 
> form to the printserver (my last question).
> 
> Now, when I print with this format, the plotter cutsthe page after 1.37 
> meters, instead of printing further.
> 
> Why is that?
> Is it a problem of the printserver, cutting the page during conversion 
> or is it a plotter problem (it works fine from windows)?
> How can I find out, I'am thankfull for any hint?
> 
> Or do I have to install the driver on the client and create a raw 
> printer on cups to get this working?
> 
> JFYI:
> Before I tried the postscript custom page size,with the result that the 
> plotter only printed a 5 cm long blank piece of paper.
> 
> I wish everyone a nice and sunny sunday,
> Mario




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