HP DesignJet 1050 prints too short

[Franz Pfoertsch]

I try to give a short explanation.

Be carefull it depends on the mime.type an mime.conv

1. You put it to the spooler by lp <file.pdf>
2. The spooler detects pdf (mime.type) and convert it to ps using pdftops
(defined at mime.conv).
3. now cups is doing something inside of pstops
3a. is your printer not a ps printer the datastream is converted to
    something usefull for the printer (pstopcl/pstolabel/..).
4. The printerdatastream is transferd to the printer via the backend
   (socket/ipp/usb/...

Thats it.

If something is wrong somebody shoud correct me.

regards
Franz


Noam wrote:

> Can anyone explain to me what CUPS is doing when trying to print a PDF
> file? I run pdfinfo from the shell and saw that some files are recognized
> as their own size (A1, A2) but other files can't be recognize for a
> certain format. Is it possible that CUPS gets lost if it can't figure out
> the PFD's size??
> 
> Thanks, Dekers
> 
>> I am using the driver I downloaded here: hp1050c1.ppd is this what you
>> mean??
>>
>> D.