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Offer a "Print as image" option for all the printers #601
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FWIW, CUPS will already re-send the job as raster images (PWG or Apple raster depending on the printer) if the printer reports a problem printing characters. However, if the printer doesn't detect that there are rendering issues then that won't happen... What model printer are you using? |
It is a Toshiba e-studio 2528A |
Hmm, they don't specify which version of PDF they support... Can you run the following command to collect the attributes reported by the printer:
where "PRINTER-URI" is the URI you are using to talk to the printer. Then attach the "toshiba.txt" file that is created. Also, can you attach a sample PDF that doesn't print correctly? Thanks! |
Hello, Sadly, I don't manage to execute the command properly:
And regarding the PDF as example, I couldn't neither recover it (as I printed many different files that day... but I will remember to attach them here if I rehit the issue) Thanks |
OK, so I had assumed you were using the IPP Everywhere driver (this printer supports AirPrint/IPP), but as you are not I suspect you are running into an issue either with the printer driver or the cups-filters software on your system. I am transferring this bug over to the cups-filters project as a starting point. In the meantime if you can attach the PPD file for your printer (find it in /etc/cups/ppd) that will help them investigate further. |
Generic-IPP-Everywhere-Printer.ppd.txt Thanks. Here it's |
OK, so this is a backup/generic PPD file and not one made specifically for your printer. At the very least you should be able to do the following to get a printer-specific PPD:
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I tried to run it:
It succeeded at adding a new printer... but I cannot find any updated PPD file :/ |
@pacho2 Don't include the port number (9100) as IPP runs over port 631, not 9100 (which is the old JetDirect/AppSocket port) |
It doesn't work (maybe because in the department they have it filtered or something :S, that is probably the reason they told us to set the 9100 port)
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After running this, I see that a page is printed with the following content:
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
A problem we hit from time to time is that, for some PDFs, our printer prints wrong characters or, even, nothing at all. This problem is workarounded choosing the "Print as image" option offered by the Google Chrome PDF viewer (the same exists for Adobe Reader on other platforms). Sadly, it is not widely implemented on other PDF readers
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice if, under the general printer options (those allowing to choose the paper size, duplex, error policy...) an option to "Print as image" would be available.
Describe alternatives you've considered
For now I rely on Google Chrome PDF reader as a workaround.
Thanks a lot
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