[Discuss] Printer issues

[bfp at gapps.blu.org (Blake Parker)]

I have discovered the generic, i.e., Ubuntu, CUPS drivers sometimes work
better than the other Linux drivers for some laser printers. I just use New
Printer, identify it as a Network Printer, plug in the IP address socket
and instead of using the manufacturer's PPD file I sometimes use the
generic CUPS file for that from the list built into Linux and it usually
works quite well with very minor exceptions.

Good luck.

-Blake

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On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

> I have an older HP ColorLaserJet 4500N. Excellent printer. But, last
> month when I tried to print a Jet Blue boarding pass, it failed to print
> the bar code. I ended up printing it on my wife's ink jet. I also mucked
> with the drivers a bit.
> The other day after I bought my mother her iPad, I printed out a
> checklist for installation for her and my wife. The origianl checklist
> has red, green and blue lines, and it printed ok. I later revised the
> checklist, but both the green and blue were printed as black. My toner
> levels look ok.. The driver I'm using is HPCups PCL3 3.12.4. I also have
> an HPijs, same version, and a V2014.200 Postscipt as well as the crappy
> Gutenprint. I just tried printing with 3 different drivers. Looks to me
> that the hardware is failing. One possible short term solution is to
> shake the yellow and blue toner cartridges. The printer didn't cost me
> anything and lasted for about 4 years, so I'm pretty much ahead of the game
>
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