From: Malcolm L. <mla...@gm...> - 2007-02-27 05:13:09
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It turns out that all I had to do was restart CUPS by running: /etc/init.d/cupsys restart Then the margin error stopped occurring and I can continue to use IPP to share the printer. Malcolm On 2/22/07, Cauligi, Raghothama S <rag...@hp...> wrote: > > Finish the installation on the Windows box. Then connect to your linux > box in a file explorer window. > If you have shared your printer on your linux box, you will see that > printer icon. Double click on that > and Windows will prompt you to install the driver for the device. Since > you have already installed the > driver, it should appear in the Windows' list - select HP for manufacturer > and the model from the model box > and finish up with the add printer wizard. You should be good to go. > Raghu > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Malcolm Lalkaka [mailto:mla...@gm...] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:32 PM > *To:* Cauligi, Raghothama S; HPLIP Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [Hplip-help] PSC 1210: Top margin problem > > The problem is that I don't think the Windows driver for the printer from > HP works for printing over a network. I just installs a lot of image editing > software. > > In fact, the only way to install the Windows driver is by manually > connecting the printer to it; otherwise, the driver installation will not > continue. Part way through the installation, it asks me to connect the > printer to the computer, but it doesn't give me the option of specifying > that the printer is on the network. > > Malcolm > > On 2/21/07, Cauligi, Raghothama S <rag...@hp...> wrote: > > > > See if you can change the margin settings on the Windows side. > > You would be better served to install the PSC 1210 driver from HP on > > your Windows box and share the > > printer on your linux box via Samba. In this scenario, cups on linux > > side will just forward the data it receives > > from the Windows box unmodified and you can use the full features of the > > printer from your Windows print driver. > > Raghu > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* hpl...@li... [mailto: > > hpl...@li...] *On Behalf Of *Malcolm Lalkaka > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 21, 2007 12:07 AM > > *To:* HPLIP Mailing List > > *Subject:* [Hplip-help] PSC 1210: Top margin problem > > > > Hello, > > > > I have set this printer up using CUPS and printing works perfectly from > > the local GNU/Linux machine. I also set up the network printing; Windows XP > > computers print to it using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) with the > > Generic MS Publisher Imagesetter driver (a Postscript driver). The problem > > is that when printing to the printer through Windows XP, the top margin on > > each page is very large. Even if printing a text file with no margins, the > > first line of text shows up almost an inch below the top of the Letter-sized > > (US Letter) page. Is there any way to fix this? > > > > Thank you, > > Malcolm > > mla...@gm... > > -------------------------------- > > > > -- Malcolm mla...@gm... -------------------------------- |