[cups.general] PDFs Do Not Print

[adfas asd]

I decided to deinstall/reinstall Cups, in case that
would help.  But to my surprise, apt-get also tore out
all of KDE!  Every single KDE package was deinstalled.
 I don't understand why Cups is a core dependency of
KDE.



--- adfas asd <chimera_god at yahoo.com> wrote:

> As further testing, I tried to connect to the IPP
> port
> on the Gestetner DSc38u.  I found in Cups Manager
> that
> the printer stopped as soon as I sent a file to it,
> and looking at it in the Cups web interface, it
> says:
> "Downstairs_Color2 "/usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp
> failed"
> 
> ... so I checked that file, and it was set to root
> only read-write-execute.  So I set it to 755,
> restarted the Cups and printer and tried the
> document
> again...  same failure.
> 
> So I tried adding it as a socket printer pointing at
> printerip:631 and that failed too, inexplicably.
> 
> But I tried the Generic PCL5c and it prints clearly,
> although the color balance is way off. (too yellow) 
> There doesn't seem to be any way to do color
> correction in Cups.  Also when I try to print
> multiple
> copies, the Gestetner DSc38u's light just flashes
> forever and never prints. (I waited an hour)
> 
> 
> And now my new Lexmark D700 has started always
> printing 1/4" below the very top of the page, no
> matter where the document's margins are.  It ignores
> the top margin setting, but respects the other
> margin
> settings, inexplicably.  When I adjust margins
> manually, it resets them to zero all the way down
> after I hit OK.  It insists that all margins be
> manually set, and all to 0, even after I alter them.
> 
> I've tried modifying the *PageRegion and
> *ImageableArea settings in the ppd, and these moved
> the text around, but none would move the text
> -down-.
> 
> 
> And needless to say, my Gestetner DSm622 still
> ignores
> multiple page command. (-n 5)  Never prints more
> than
> one copy, under any circumstances. (command-line or
> KPrint)
> 
> This is pretty discouraging;  4 of my 5 printers do
> not work properly, and I am thinking about
> abandoning
> Cups.  Are there any other print servers I could
> try?

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