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John K. Herreshoff
Nov 16, 2012, 12:08:31 PM11/16/12
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Woe is me. With slackware 14.0, I cannot set up AND print with my HP
colorsmart pro b8800. Cups will find it and set it up, but it does not
print. hp-setup will find it set it up, and it will not print.
What happens is that the picture gets sent to the printer (I know this
because of the whirring and clanking of the printer) but eventually the
printer crashes with a flashing X on the panel.
Anyone got any thoughts?
John.
colorsmart pro b8800. Cups will find it and set it up, but it does not
print. hp-setup will find it set it up, and it will not print.
What happens is that the picture gets sent to the printer (I know this
because of the whirring and clanking of the printer) but eventually the
printer crashes with a flashing X on the panel.
Anyone got any thoughts?
John.
John K. Herreshoff
Nov 16, 2012, 12:22:44 PM11/16/12
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Woe is me.
John.
John K. Herreshoff
Nov 16, 2012, 12:31:41 PM11/16/12
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printing through gimp-2.8.2 and gimp-git-master. I'd suspect GTK+. This is
probably not a slackware problem.
Woe is me.
John.
Floyd L. Davidson
Nov 16, 2012, 1:09:48 PM11/16/12
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"John K. Herreshoff" <jkh...@winntel.net> wrote:
>
>So I decide to print through gwenview, and it prints. I'm having trouble
>printing through gimp-2.8.2 and gimp-git-master. I'd suspect GTK+. This is
>probably not a slackware problem.
>
>Woe is me.
Sounds like the RIP software in gutenprint drivers to me. One problem
>
>So I decide to print through gwenview, and it prints. I'm having trouble
>printing through gimp-2.8.2 and gimp-git-master. I'd suspect GTK+. This is
>probably not a slackware problem.
>
>Woe is me.
I've had going way back is a need to change the cache size. This only affects
large prints, but virtually everything I do is large...
Try this command after CUPS has been started, then try again to print
something.
cupsctl -h localhost:631 RIPCache=1024MB
If it works, post something and I'll show you a good place to insert
that into /etc/rc.d/rc.cups.
--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) fl...@apaflo.com
John K. Herreshoff
Nov 16, 2012, 1:19:13 PM11/16/12
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Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
> "John K. Herreshoff" <jkh...@winntel.net> wrote:
>>
>>So I decide to print through gwenview, and it prints. I'm having trouble
>>printing through gimp-2.8.2 and gimp-git-master. I'd suspect GTK+. This
>>is probably not a slackware problem.
>>
>>Woe is me.
>
> Sounds like the RIP software in gutenprint drivers to me. One problem
> I've had going way back is a need to change the cache size. This only
> affects large prints, but virtually everything I do is large...
>
> Try this command after CUPS has been started, then try again to print
> something.
>
> cupsctl -h localhost:631 RIPCache=1024MB
>
> If it works, post something and I'll show you a good place to insert
> that into /etc/rc.d/rc.cups.
>
Thanks for the tip, but that did not fix it.
> "John K. Herreshoff" <jkh...@winntel.net> wrote:
>>
>>So I decide to print through gwenview, and it prints. I'm having trouble
>>printing through gimp-2.8.2 and gimp-git-master. I'd suspect GTK+. This
>>is probably not a slackware problem.
>>
>>Woe is me.
>
> Sounds like the RIP software in gutenprint drivers to me. One problem
> I've had going way back is a need to change the cache size. This only
> affects large prints, but virtually everything I do is large...
>
> Try this command after CUPS has been started, then try again to print
> something.
>
> cupsctl -h localhost:631 RIPCache=1024MB
>
> If it works, post something and I'll show you a good place to insert
> that into /etc/rc.d/rc.cups.
>
John.
John K. Herreshoff
Nov 16, 2012, 1:27:36 PM11/16/12
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that gimp > gtk+ is broken for printing.
John.
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