Hi Folks, Confession: I've never had much luck with CUPS (as opposed to the old lpd system which I could get dancing to any tune)!
Anyway: My printer is a PostScript-endowed HP 1300. I only ever produce PostScript files for printing. Therefore, I just want to be able to send the PostScript stream straight-through to the printer, i.e. not using any drivers.
But when I try to set this up on CUPS (Gnome interface) it insists on going through the Maunfacturer/Driver routine. I've tried "Generic PostScript", and also "Apple Laserwriter II", installing PostScript drivers from the foomatic list.
But the result is that, when I do 'lpr filename.ps', the printer starts printing reams of sheets with a single line of garbage on each. Don't ask me why!
There's a complication, in that here I'm running Linux in VirtualBox on Vista, so there may be interference from Vista; but if I could get "straight-through" set up I think I should be OK.
So, Question: How to set up straight-thorough in CUPS?
With thanks, Ted.
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That should work...how are you interfacing to said printer, I didn't think the GPL builds of Virtualbox had USB passthrough support or are you using the PUEL builds ?
That said I have found the Postscript emulation on some low end printers to be somewhat incomplete. Why not use the recommended hpijs driver to talk to it in it's native PCL..you will probably find it will be faster like that and you may get more features from the driver.
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hpijs&fromprinter=HP...
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Wayne Stallwood