[cups.general] PDFs do not Print

adfas asd chimera_god at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 7 09:01:56 PST 2007


Can anyone advise?


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

> > What PPD do you use for the printer? The
> recommended
> > PPD seems to be:
>
http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Gestetner-DSc38u
> 
> Actually, at the bottom of that page I clicked on
> Postscript, then used the Select Printer|Download
> for
> the Gestetner DSc38u (the exact model we have), and
> downloaded that PPD.  It installed fine, and I can
> print other file formats, etc, but not pdf.
> 
> 
> > And, are you usre the printer is set up to use the
> > correct media size for
> > your PDFs? The recommended PPD sets the printer to
> > ask for operator
> > intervention in case of media size mismatch (or
> > otherwise generate a
> > configuration error). Is the printer configured to
> > print an error page
> > in case or error conditions?
> 
> I don't know.  In the printer's settings it
> correctly
> describes what's in the trays, being 8.5"x11".  It
> never sees anything coming in when I send a pdf, as
> it
> doesn't even wake up from sleep.  It does wake up
> when
> I send other file formats though.
> 
> 
> > PS: with only such vague information you provided
> so
> > far it is hardly possible
> > to give reasonable advice.
> 
> I'm sorry, but I've described all the details in
> prior
> emails with this same subject, and I thought people
> had seen it.
> 
> 
>  
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