[cups.general] Problem Printing Text Files from CUPS
Tim Waugh
twaugh at redhat.com
Fri Aug 22 01:23:22 PDT 2008
On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 15:57 -0700, Tony wrote:
> I have 2 CUPS servers both running version 1.2.4 (both boxes are
> running RHEL AS 5 - CUPS comes with OS). There's something strange
> going on when I print out the exact same text file. On one server,
> the text prints out fine (non-bold smaller fonts - all uniform). On
> the other server, the text prints out in larger bold fonts and the
> text is "all over the page" (not uniform like the other). I checked
> the CUPS configs and they appear identical (unless I missed
> something). I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary when I print.
> I'm just printing out text files directly from the CUPS server
> utilizing the CUPS "lp" command. Can somebody help me or point me in
> the right direction?
Compare /etc/cups/mime.convs -- it sounds like they are using different
filters to convert text/plain to PostScript.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ships with a filter to do this based on paps.
Tim.
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