[wellylug] Printing in Linux -- with CUPS and GimpPrinter Drivers

JP jumbophut at yahoo.co.in
Fri May 14 23:08:53 NZST 2004


 --- Chris Hodgetts wrote: 

> When I print out color images / fonts / spreadsheets
> with backgrounds or
> anythign that is not plain text, it doesnt seem to
> come out nicely..
> 
> Could anyone suggest something that I should check
> in my CUPS or printer
> settings or anything .. 
> 

You are using Debian yes?

I found that my Debian CUPS drivers were horrible.   I
got all sorts of artefacts and similar garbage when I
printed.  So I did this:

1. Went to www.linuxprinting.org and got the latest
foomatic-rip and gs-wrapper scripts, plus the latest
ppp-o-matic file for my printer.

2. Put foomatic-rip and gs-wrapper in /usr/bin,
chmodded 755.  Symlinked
/usr/libs/cups/filter/foomatic-rip to the foomatic-rip
script.

3. Put the ppp-o-matic file in /usr/share/cups/model

4. Added the printer in CUPS (http://localhost:631). 
After having put the files in the right place, it just
appeared for me.

I can't guarantee this will work for you, but it did
for me.  Best of luck.

Tony

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