Ubuntu
gnome-cups-manager package

Cannot add printer using lexmark drivers

Bug #109867 reported by Stephan Elsner
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-cups-manager

I downloaded and installed driver for lexmark c522n color laser network printer by executing the install script and added printer to foomatic-db. The installer asked for language and encoding, I used german and utf-8.

After that I tried to add the printer. It was automatically detected but after finishing the dialogs, no printer was added. i tried that several times, also with ip-adress, name and different protocols (the c522n supports nearly all of them). No printer added, no errors in the syslog.

Then I use the hpijs driver, which works well but only b/w. No success with the lexmark driver

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Since your printer supports PostScript it should be enouh to install the PPD file that is in the linux driver package that can be downloaded from the Lexmark website.
You can install the PPD file by clicking "Install driver ..." in gnome-cups-add.

Changed in gnome-cups-manager:
assignee: nobody → pascal-devuyst
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Stephan Elsner (elsni) wrote :

Installing ppd file or using generic postscrips works, but the results do not satisfy. Screen fonts are substituted with printer fonts what leads into dearranged layouts when printing i.e. a webpage with firefox.

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote :

Does this happen with all applications or only with some?

Applications should embed fonts into their PostScript output. If they do not do so, report a bug against the application(s).

Many Postscript printer support also PCL. Try the "Generic PCL 6/XL printer" or the "Generic PCL 5c printer" as model choice in the printer setup tool. Does this produce better results?

Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)
Changed in gnome-cups-manager:
assignee: pascal-devuyst → nobody
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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