Bug 223862

Summary: line handling issues with text files
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Art Werschulz <agw>
Component: papsAssignee: Akira TAGOH <tagoh>
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Description Art Werschulz 2007-01-22 19:55:14 UTC 
Description of problem:
After an upgrade (FC5->FC6), text files print 70 columns per line, rather than
80.  The printers involved were
HPLJ 4250dtn
HP LJ4000 
Dell 3100cn
HPLJ 4250dtn

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cups-1.2.7-1.5.fc6

How reproducible:
Every time one uses lpr to print a text file.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a text file, having some lines between 70 and 80 chars long.  In
particular, I tried a test file containing
00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

2. Print the file using lpr.
  
Actual results:
The printed output was
0000000001111111111222222222233333333334444444444555555555566666666667
7777777778
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
1234567890
There was plenty of room at the end of each line for the missing ten chars.

Expected results:
The printed output should have been
00000000011111111112222222222333333333344444444445555555555666666666677777777778
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890


Additional info:
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2007-01-23 10:26:17 UTC 
What does 'lpoptions -p myprinter' say (with your printer name instead of
'myprinter')?
Comment 2 Art Werschulz 2007-01-23 14:52:39 UTC 
sobolev@dsm:~$ lpoptions -p ps812
job-sheets=none,none printer-info='HP LJ4000 in LL812'
printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1 printer-make-and-model='HP
LaserJet 4000 Series Postscript (recommended)' printer-state=3
printer-state-change-time=1169475807 printer-state-reasons=none
printer-type=37076 cpi=12 lpi=7 page-bottom=86 page-left=57 page-right=57
page-top=72 scaling=100 wrap=true
sobolev@dsm:~$ lpoptions -p ps812-c
job-sheets=none,none printer-info='Dell 3100cn in LL812 (color)'
printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1 printer-make-and-model='Dell
Laser Printer 3100cn Foomatic/ppd (recommended)' printer-state=3
printer-state-change-time=1169495149 printer-state-reasons=none
printer-type=4124 cpi=12 lpi=7 page-bottom=86 page-left=57 page-right=57
page-top=72 scaling=100 wrap=true
sobolev@dsm:~$ lpoptions -p ps813
job-sheets=none,none printer-info='HPLJ 4250dtn in LL812 (duplex)'
printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1 printer-make-and-model='HP
LaserJet 4250 Postscript (recommended)' printer-state=3
printer-state-change-time=1169499727 printer-state-reasons=none
printer-type=168148 cpi=12 lpi=7 page-bottom=86 page-left=57 page-right=57
page-top=72 scaling=100 wrap=true
sobolev@dsm:~$ lpoptions -p ps813-s
job-sheets=none,none printer-info='HPLJ 4250dtn in LL 813'
printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1 printer-make-and-model='HP
LaserJet 4250 Postscript (recommended)' printer-state=3
printer-state-change-time=1169475807 printer-state-reasons=none
printer-type=37076 cpi=12 lpi=7 page-bottom=86 page-left=57 page-right=57
page-top=72 scaling=100 wrap=true
Comment 3 Tim Waugh 2007-01-23 16:07:33 UTC 
Do you have an /etc/cups/lpoptions file?  If so, what's in it?

I get the correct results with the defaults (i.e. none of cpi, lpr, page-* set).
Comment 4 Art Werschulz 2007-01-23 16:23:25 UTC 
Created attachment 146316 [details]
The file /etc/cups/lpoptions
Comment 5 Tim Waugh 2007-01-23 16:44:48 UTC 
Remove that file, and try again.
Comment 6 Art Werschulz 2007-01-24 15:40:25 UTC 
I needed to run
# lpoptions -p printerName -o lpi=6
for all the printers, despite the fact that the lp manpage says that the default
value is 6.  Things seem to be okay now.

Thanks!
Comment 7 Tim Waugh 2007-01-24 17:00:54 UTC 
Hmm, paps should be defaulting to lpi=6 and cpi=10, since that's what texttops does.
Comment 8 Akira TAGOH 2007-03-07 12:20:07 UTC 
Ok, fixed in 0.6.6-18.fc6
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2007-03-07 22:57:14 UTC 
paps-0.6.6-18.fc6 has been pushed for fc6, which should resolve this issue.  If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.