[cups.general] margin problems with an officejet 5610

[jeff covey]

i give up.  it's been six weeks, and i haven't even had the courtesy of
a reply from anyone here.  i'll have to switch to windows; apparently,
unix can't print.

sincerely,
jeff


On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 6:50 AM, jeff covey <jeff.covey at pobox.com> wrote:

> it's been two weeks, and no one's replied.  anyone have any suggestions?
>
> thanks,
> jeff
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM, jeff covey <jeff.covey at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > here's a copy of a message i posted to my local linux users group.
> > the members batted it around for some time, but no one found a
> > solution.  i'm hoping someone here will have an idea.  thanks for
> > your time!
> >
> >
> > has anyone had any luck with resolving printer margin problems with
> > cups in ubuntu?  i'm printing with an officejet 5610, and the bottom
> > of each page is always chopped off.  printing a test page has shown
> > me that actually all four sides of the page are trimmed, the bottom
> > is just the worst, and the one that most often effects print jobs.
> >
> > i've put a copy of the test page here with a low-resolution scan of
> > how it looks when it's printed:
> >
> > http://jeffcovey.net/tmp/cups/
> >
> > (the printed version is straight and in full color, it was just
> > twisted slightly sideways by the scanner's automatic feeder.)
> >
> > the original has boxes continuing to the edge of the page, and the
> > printed version just includes part of the outermost boxes.
> >
> > i've tried setting the margins to 0 and turning "scale to fit" on
> > and off with system-config-printer, but nothing changed.  has anyone
> > else seen this and found a solution?

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jeff covey
http://jeffcovey.net/