print/hpijs + new cups + foomatic not working with hpijs-pcl3e printer.

[Boris Samorodov]

08.04.2014 08:05, Robert Backhaus пишет:
>  I've got a printing problem with the new cups. A brother laser using
> Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e, is printing '%PDF-1.3' instead of the required page.
> Examining the log file, It is trying to print it using texttops, before
> handing that to ghostscript, never detecting that it was PDF.
> Interestingly, if i print from libreoffice with .pdf print format enabled,
> I get "%PDF-1.4" with "%¿" as the next line.
> If I print without it, so it sends postscript, I get %PDF-1.3", again, with
> "%¿" on the next line. So it seems like it is first converting the print
> document to .pdf, but not detecting that it is pdf for the next step.
> Hmm, another clue - I have a HP inkjet using Foomatic/hpijs, and it is
> working OK, with both pdf and ps input. But the hpijs-pcl5e Brother is
> failing. So the Hp inkjet is using a .ppd from the hpijs port, and the
> brother is using the ppd from the foomatic-db port.
> 
> All the print ports are up to date.
> 
> I think the bit that is messing up is the foomatic filter, which, if I
> understand it, decides what filters to put the file through. But the hpijs
> printer is working fine, while the hpijs-pcl5e  one is messing up, even
> though they come from the same port. I don't understand the difference, so
> I am stuck working out where it is going wrong.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You use print/hpijs. AFAIC HP now produces it's capability at
print/hplip. Please, consider trying the latter.

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