LQ 2180 Shifting 1/2 mm lower every break page (urgent)

[Albert Kam]

Hello all,

I've been struggling for weeks with this seemingly minor problem. I just need to print Folio sized (612 936) continuous form papers.

I'm using cups-1.1.21-5 with SuSE 9.2
The printer is Epson LQ 2180

Before this need to print in Folio paper, i've been successfully with the Epson 24 pin printers ppd (epson24.ppd). I realized that by default, the epson24.ppd doesnt haev the entry for Folio paper size, so i added one and save it to another ppd file name, use the ppd for printing folio sized papers.

Everything seems OK at first glance, the addition i made appear in kprint's media size list, which confirms my changes actually being used.

But the output is not right. Everytime the page breaks (changing to a new paper, in a continuous form), the content shifts 1/2 mm lower, and this accumulates in every page changes. So in page five, the first page and the fifth page will have about 5 mm in difference.

I've already tried several ppd available out there, like the lq2180.ppd, but the result is even further from what i want. I tried using the lq-24.ppd, adding the entry for Folio paper size, and still wrong.

Could anyone please please help ? I'm quite desparate about what to do next ..

Here's the ppd i'm using (please be aware the entry i added is the HVS paper size, which is another name of Folio, in my country at least :)) :

*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
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*% "$Id: sofcoepson24.ppd,v 1.6 2002/12/17 19:00:08 swdev Exp $"
*%
*% Sample EPSON 24-Pin driver PPD file for the Common UNIX Printing
*% System (CUPS).
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*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "SOFCOEPSON24.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "ESP"
*Product: "(CUPS v1.1)"
*cupsVersion: 1.1
*cupsManualCopies: True
*cupsModelNumber: 1
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertoepson"
*ModelName: "Sofco EPSON 24-Pin Series"
*ShortNickName: "Sofco EPSON 24-Pin Series"
*NickName: "Sofco EPSON 24-Pin Series CUPS v1.1"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550"
*LanguageLevel: "3"
*ColorDevice: False
*DefaultColorSpace: Gray
*FileSystem: False
*Throughput: "1"
*LandscapeOrientation: Plus90
*VariablePaperSize: True
*TTRasterizer: Type42

*OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize
*DefaultPageSize: A4
*PageSize Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize HVS: "<</PageSize[612 936]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize FanFoldUS: "<</PageSize[1071 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageSize

*OpenUI *PageRegion: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageRegion
*DefaultPageRegion: A4
*PageRegion Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion HVS: "<</PageSize[612 936]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion FanFoldUS: "<</PageSize[1071 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageRegion

*DefaultImageableArea: A4
*ImageableArea Letter: "18.0 18.0 594.0 774.0"
*ImageableArea Legal: "18.0 18.0 594.0 990.0"
*ImageableArea A4: "18.0 18.0 577.0 824.0"
*ImageableArea HVS: "18.0 18.0 594.0 927.0"
*ImageableArea FanFoldUS: "18.0 18.0 1053.0 774.0"

*DefaultPaperDimension: A4
*PaperDimension Letter: "612 792"
*PaperDimension Legal: "612 1008"
*PaperDimension A4: "595 842"
*PaperDimension HVS: "612 936"
*PaperDimension FanFoldUS: "1071 792"

*MaxMediaWidth: "1080"
*MaxMediaHeight: "86400"
*HWMargins: 0 0 0 0
*CustomPageSize True: "pop pop pop <</PageSize[5 -2 roll]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*ParamCustomPageSize Width: 1 points 36 1080
*ParamCustomPageSize Height: 2 points 36 86400
*ParamCustomPageSize WidthOffset: 3 points 0 0
*ParamCustomPageSize HeightOffset: 4 points 0 0
*ParamCustomPageSize Orientation: 5 int 0 0

*OpenUI *Resolution/Output Resolution: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 20 AnySetup *Resolution
*DefaultResolution: 120dpi
*Resolution 60dpi/60 DPI: "<</HWResolution[60 60]/cupsRowCount 8>>setpagedevice"
*Resolution 120dpi/120x60 DPI: "<</HWResolution[120 60]/cupsRowCount 8>>setpagedevice"
*Resolution 180dpi/180 DPI: "<</HWResolution[180 180]/cupsRowCount 24>>setpagedevice"
*Resolution 360x180dpi/360x180 DPI: "<</HWResolution[360 180]/cupsRowCount 24>>setpagedevice"
*Resolution 360dpi/360 DPI: "<</HWResolution[360 360]/cupsRowCount 48>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *Resolution

*DefaultFont: Courier
*Font AvantGarde-Book: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-BookOblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-Demi: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-DemiOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-Demi: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-DemiItalic: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-Light: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-LightItalic: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Bold: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-BoldOblique: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Oblique: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Oblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Bold: Standard "(001.009S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Italic: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Roman: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Bold: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Italic: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Roman: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Symbol: Special "(001.007S)" Special ROM
*Font Times-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.009S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Italic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Roman: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font ZapfChancery-MediumItalic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font ZapfDingbats: Special "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
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*% End of "$Id: sofcoepson24.ppd,v 1.6 2002/12/17 19:00:08 swdev Exp $".
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