[cups.general] PDFs Do Not Print

[adfas asd]

So I have everything reinstalled now, but still the
DSc38u still will not print PDFs.



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

> 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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