[conspire] Ubuntu Printing

[Paul Reiber]

The papersize seems suspect - in the US we use "letter" not "a4".
this MIGHT be what's wrong... but it's just a guess.
- Paul http://Reiber.org

On 5/3/07, John Andrews <jla1000 at comcast.net> wrote:
> == System information ==
> Ubuntu Release: 6.06 (dapper)
> Architecture  : i686
> Kernel        : 2.6.15-28-386
> Locale        : LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8,
> LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
> /etc/papersize: a4
>
> == Configured printers ==
> S400: Canon S400 Foomatic/bjc6000a1.upp
> device for S400: usb://Canon/S300
>
> == Versions of important printing packages ==
> ii  cupsys                   1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06           Common UNIX
> Printing System(tm) - server
> ii  cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6            printer
> drivers for CUPS
> ii  foomatic-db              20060408-1ubuntu1
> linuxprinting.org printer support - database
> ii  foomatic-db-engine       3.0.2-20060318-1ubuntu1
> linuxprinting.org printer support - programs
> ii  foomatic-db-gutenprint   5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6
> linuxprinting.org printer support - database
> ii  foomatic-db-hpijs        1.5-20060318-1
> linuxprinting.org printer support - database
> ii  foomatic-filters         3.0.2-20060318-2
> linuxprinting.org printer support - filters
> ii  foomatic-filters-ppds    20060406-0ubuntu1
> linuxprinting.org printer support - prebuilt
> ii  gs-common                0.3.9ubuntu1                  Common files
> for different Ghostscript relea
> ii  gs-esp                   8.15.2.dfsg.0ubuntu1-0ubuntu1 The
> Ghostscript PostScript interpreter - ESP
> ii  hpijs                    2.1.7+0.9.7-4ubuntu1          HP Linux
> Printing and Imaging - gs IJS drive
> ii  hplip                    0.9.7-4ubuntu1                HP Linux
> Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
> ii  hplip-ppds               0.9.7-4ubuntu1                HP Linux
> Printing and Imaging - PPD files
> ii  ijsgutenprint            5.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu6            inkjet server
> - Ghostscript driver for Guten
> ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0       2.12.1-3ubuntu2               The GNOME 2.2
> print architecture - runtime f
>
> Created with printingbuginfo script v1.3
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript)
> Thu, 03 May 2007 09:00:05 -0700
>
> My Ubuntu Dapper installation prints fine but only on a 5x6.5 inch
> corner of the sheet. I've tried a lot of different adjustments to make
> it print on the whole letter size paper. In fact Breezy Badger, Dapper
> Drake and Kanotics all do the same thing with my Canon s300 printer.I
> just changed /etc/papersize to letter but that had no effect.
>   The whole cups-postscript-ghoststrip thing is too complex to tweak
> beyond the gui control part. How do I make it print on the whole page?
>
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