[cups.general] Xerox Phaser 7400DN

[Helge Blischke]

John Jason Jordan wrote:

> OS: Fedora 16, x86_64
> 
> I cannot get documents with the Junicode font to render the font. I
> absolutely need this font for work in linguistics. What comes out of
> the printer is a garbled font, although it has the same line endings
> and spacings.
> 
> The same font prints perfectly to HP laserjets at my house, and to
> printers at the university. It is only when I print to the Phaser 7400DN
> from Linux that I cannot get the font to render correctly.
> 
> The same thing happens whether I print from LibreOffice, LibreOffice >
> PDF export, Scribus, or any other program. It does not matter if I
> embed the font. Scribus allows converting the font to paths on PDF
> export, which is the only way I can get the font to appear properly in
> the printout. However, I normally need output from LibreOffice. The same
> PDF that won't print the font correctly from Linux prints perfectly from
> Adobe Reader on Windows. On Linux I have tried printing from Adobe
> Reader, Okular and Evince, and directly from LibreOffice, always with
> the same garbled output.
> 
> I tried printing to CUPS-PDF, but that embeds the font and I get the
> same results. I cannot find any way in LibreOffice to print directly to
> a PS file without selecting a printer. Regardless of what printer I
> select it does not convert the font to paths, as the resulting .ps file
> will still print with the font garbled.
> 
> I have four different "printers" installed for this printer. One will
> render the font correctly, but this driver cannot understand "portrait"
> - it prints portrait on a landscape page, regardless of what
>  orientation I specify in the print dialog boxes. And none of the
>  drivers recognizes all the features of the printer. Or if they do see
>  a feature they won't allow it to be selected. For example, with one
>  of the drivers I can specify "tray 2" and it will insist on printing
>  from tray 1. I go back into the dialog box and, right after selecting
>  tray 2 I see it has reverted to tray 1 as soon as I close the dialog
>  box.
> 
> Please, does anyone have one of these printers with a CUPS driver that
> actually works? If so, I beg you to tell me which driver you are using!

We used this printer a couple of years in a commercial environment without 
any software related problems (only had some issues with print quality and 
toner waste hancling). But note that we only used the Xerox supplied 
PostScript PPD - no other pdl whatsoever.

Helge