[cups.general] Problems with BROTHER HL1260e

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Mar 22 05:16 Rainer wrote (shortened):
> openSuSE 10.2 with CUPS.
> Printer:  BROTHER HL-1260e + Duplexing Unit + 2nd Paper Tray
....
> supports BrotherScript (PostScript Level ~2) and HP-LaserJet4 compatible PCL5e.
....
> Because PostScript printing works awfully slow (especially in duplex mode
> it prints 1 sheet in ~10 minutes!!), I would like to use the printer in
> PCL mode which is surely much faster.
> My problem is that I don't find a PPD and/or printer which get the printer
> almost fully working (I can live without 1200x60dpi); the included PCL5
> driver list is endless, but the ppd for HL1260 has no possibility to select
> the duplexing unit and paper trays.

If it understands really HP LaserJet 4 compatible PCL5e, the PPD file
  /usr/share/cups/model/Generic/PCL_5c_Printer-ljet4d.ppd.gz
    "Generic PCL 5c Printer Foomatic/ljet4d"
offers choices for input slot and duplex via special HP LaserJet 4
compatible PCL5e escape codes which are sent to the printer.


By the way:

I wonder why it is so slow in PostScript mode in particular why
it seems to be incredible slow in duplex mode?
I would expect in duplex mode it should be not slower per page
so that it needs at most about twice the time for one sheet in
duplex mode (i.e. two pages) than for two pages in simplex mode?

How fast is it for simple PostScript like
echo -e "One\fTwo" | a2ps -1 -o- | lp -d <queue> -o Duplex=None
echo -e "One\fTwo" | a2ps -1 -o- | lp -d <queue> -o Duplex=DuplexTumble
echo -e "One\fTwo" | a2ps -1 -o- | lp -d <queue> -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble

Furthermore according to
http://openprinting.org/ppd-o-matic.cgi?driver=Postscript&printer=Brother-HL-1260&show=1
the "Brother Postscript" seems to be some strange (crippled?)
PostScript because Ghostscript with -sDEVICE=pswrite is used.

Is there no original PPD for PostScript from Brother?


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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