[cups.general] Problems with HP LJ P2015

[Christian Andretzky]

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Christian Andretzky wrote:
>> Hi, I have a brand new printer HP LJ P2015 and I have problems with the
>> page size and/or imageable area and or page region. I setup the printer as
>> a postscript printer and use the original HP ppd file. (No ghostscript as
>> far as I know.) All of the above mentioned parameters are set to A4
>> (checked in the ppd file in /etc/cups/ppd/). The page size setting in the
>> printer firmware is also A4. But independent of this, each page which is 
>> printed has an imageable area of 8.19x10.67in (207.9x270.9mm) Before this
>> printer I used a HP LJ 4000 DTN (also postscript) with no problems.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
> 
> Hi, Christian   :-)
> 
> What's the output of this command:
> 
> grep ImageableArea /etc/cups/ppd/is2127ps.ppd
> 
Hmm, I don't know what the is2127ps.ppd is, I assume you mean the ImageableArea
definitions in the related ppd file of the printer. ;-)
BTW, the PCFilename of this ppd file is hpc2015s.ppd.

grep ImageableArea d238_lj.ppd (some white-spaces after ':' removed)
*% ImageableArea
*DefaultImageableArea: A4
*ImageableArea LETTER/Letter:                "12.00 12.00 599.76 779.76"
*ImageableArea LEGAL/Legal:                  "12.00 12.00 599.76 995.76"
*ImageableArea EXECUTIVE/Executive:          "12.00 12.00 509.76 743.76"
*ImageableArea A4/A4:                        "12.00 12.12 581.64 829.68"
*ImageableArea ENV_10/Envelope #10:          "12.00 12.00 284.64 671.76"
*ImageableArea ENV_DL/Envelope DL:           "12.00 12.00 299.52 611.28"
*ImageableArea ENV_MONARCH/Envelope Monarch: "12.00 12.12 266.76 527.90"
*ImageableArea ENV_B5/Envelope B5:           "12.00 12.00 486.48 696.24"
*ImageableArea A5/A5:                        "12.00 12.00 407.28 582.96"
*ImageableArea A6/A6:                        "12.00 12.12 286.00 407.88"
*ImageableArea B5/B5 (JIS):                  "12.00 12.00 503.52 716.16"
*ImageableArea ENV_C5/Envelope C5:           "12.00 12.00 446.88 636.72"
*ImageableArea 16K_NEW/16K 7.75x10.75in.:    "12.00 12.00 534.00 750.00"
*ImageableArea 16K_184_260/16K 184x260 mm:   "12.00 12.12 510.00 725.00"
*ImageableArea 16K_195_270/16K 195x270 mm:   "12.00 14.50 539.94 752.88"
*ImageableArea B5_ISO/B5 (ISO):              "12.00 12.00 486.48 696.24"
*ImageableArea B6_ISO/B6 (ISO):              "12.00 12.00 342.24 486.96"
*ImageableArea POSTCARD_JIS/Postkarte JIS:   "12.00 12.12 270.00 407.88"
*ImageableArea DBL_JAPANESE_POSTCARD_ROTATED/Doppelte japanische Postkarte,
gedreht:         "12.00 12.00 405.54 554.00"
*ImageableArea 8_5X13/8.5X13:                "12.00 12.00 600.00 924.00"
*ImageableArea A3/A3:                        "12.00 12.12 830.00 1179.00"
*ImageableArea B4/B4 (JIS):                  "12.00 12.12 723.00 1026.00"
*ImageableArea 8K/8K:                        "12.00 12.12 770.00 1110.00"
*ImageableArea 11x17/11x17:                  "12.00 12.12 785.00 1218.00"
*?ImageableArea: "

In the CUPS Printer test page the values in the Box named 'Imageable Area' are:
 Page size: 8.19x10.67in (207.9x270.9mm),
Lower-Left: 0.17x0.17in (4.2x4.3mm)
Upper-Right: 8.35x10.83in (212.2x275.2mm)

Cheers, Christian

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