HP DeskJet 1220C Pagesize=Custom.WxHin incorrect output.

PageSize=Photo and PageSize=5x8 also yield incorrect output. The size of the printed image is correct but the image is not properly scaled. It is too large. Only one corner of it is printed.

Testing with a HP DeskJet 1120C, changing PageSize have NO effect on printing (seems that A4 is the only output size)...

On 5/24/06, VETSEL Patrice <email address hidden> wrote:
> Testing with a HP DeskJet 1120C, changing PageSize have NO effect on
> printing (seems that A4 is the only output size)...

Are you printing images or postscript files? The cups image filter
seems to have bugs. I wrote to a guy at HP and he also reported
problems with the cups image filter.

I now use the attached script to print my images. It works fine.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'RMagick'
include Magick

$margin_inches = 0.25

def usage
  puts <<END
Usage: deskjet <page-width-in-inches> <image-file>

    eg, deskjet 13 joe.ppm
        deskjet 8.5 fred.jpg
        deskjet 6 mandy.png
END
  exit 1
end

def postscript_of_image(imagefile, psfile, width)
  i = Image.read(imagefile).first
  i.rotate! 90 if i.columns > i.rows

  r = 1200
  m = ($margin_inches / width) * i.columns
  o = Image.new i.columns + m * 2, i.rows + m * 3
  o.composite! i, m, m, ReplaceCompositeOp
  o.write(psfile) do |x|
    x.page = Geometry.new width * r, nil, nil, nil
    x.density = r
  end

  o = Image.read(psfile).first
  [o.columns, o.rows]
end

usage if ARGV.length != 2

width = ARGV[0].to_f
usage if width > 13 or width <= 0

imagefile = ARGV[1]
usage unless File.stat(imagefile).readable?

psfile = "/tmp/deskjet-#{$$}.ps"
at_exit { begin File.unlink psfile; rescue; end }

print "Processing #{imagefile}... "; $stdout.flush
w, h = postscript_of_image(imagefile, psfile, width)
puts "load sheet of minimum size %.02fx%.02fin." % [w/72.0, h/72.0]
system 'lpr', '-P', 'DeskJet-1220C', '-C', imagefile,
    '-o', "PageSize=Custom.#{w}x#{h}",
    '-o', 'Quality=1200PhotoCMYK', psfile

Your script work fine. So i think like you. I'm investigating...

upstream :
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1722+P0+S-2+C0+I0+E0+Q

answer :
"
The image filters automatically resize custom page sizes to the actual size required for printing to limit paper waste on roll-fed plotters. There is no way to override this behavior.

Normally this is not a problem, however Foomatic is AFU with embedded custom sizes because it passes the custom size to the driver instead of using the size from the upstream filter. As a result, the driver is expecting one size while the data is providing another.

The solution is to not use Foomatic.
"

I have fixed it upstream now, in foomatic-rip (package foomatic-filters). Get foomatic-rip from the OpenPrinting site:

wget http://www.openprinting.org/foomatic-rip

and replace /usr/bin/foomatic-rip by the downloaded file. With this version custom page sizes should work correctly. Especially test printing images directly with CUPS, like for example as you did in the beginning:

lpr -P DeskJet-1220C -o PageSize=Custom.13x19in
     -o Quality=1200PhotoCMYK -o scaling=100 test.jpg

This should work now.

Here is the new foomatic-filters package:

http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feisty/foomatic-filters/binary/

They are on their way into Feisty.