Bug 65687

I have had no response in 5 days.

Is there a simple solution of replacing components (e.g. ghostview/ghostscript)
from RedHat-6.0 in RedHat-7.3?  I purchased RedHat-6.0,6.1,7.0,7.1,7.2 disks
from you so have source as well as binaries.

Please attach the /etc/alchemist/namespace/printconf/local.adl file from an  
installed 7.3 machine with a print queue set up for this printer.  Does the 
test page have the same artifacts on the page? 
 
(Changing version to 7.3, the latest one mentioned in your report.)

local.adl using "laserjet"
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Please use the 'create a new attachment' link so that it doesn't get garbled.

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Requested print file

Try using the "Laserjet 4L"->ljet4, gimp-print, or omni drivers.

I have tried them all.  ljet4 and laserjet give best output but not the quality of  
laserjet under RedHat-6.0.  It appears that random lines get garbled.  As I
wrote originally, in those random lines pixels get displaced (apparently to the
right) so the worst lines are difficult to decipher.  I never had a problem
until the RedHat-7x series.  Early Slackware and RedHat versions ran fine (I'm
currently transferring my print jobs to an older machine running RH-6.0) using
the same printer.  I have not tried more recent versions of other diatributions.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?  

I am havign the same problem.  Everything worked well under RedHat 6.9.5
(Pinstripe), but fails with 7.3.  

I have a LaserJet 1100.  For me, any text (of any standard font) always prints
fine.  However, when there are any graphics on the page, parts of the graphics
are heavily pixelated (scan-lines are "smeared") and random characters appear
along the left margin on each affected line.

I have tried the same things that the person reported tried, with no
solution...   Any thoughts?

redhat: Please attach your  
/etc/alchemist/namespace/printconf/local.adl file too.  Also, are you using 
the 'ljet4' driver (which is the recommended one for that printer model)?

I am using the Laserjet/laserjet driver.  The ljet4 driver does not work for
me.  It prints about 10% of the first page and then prints junk characters and
leaves junk in the printer buffer.  

I will attach the local.adl files for both using the laserjet and ljet4 drivers.

Also, I printed and then scanned in four pages.

1.  page-RH6-lj4dith.gif
     A mapquest page using RedHat 6.9.5 lj4dith driver
2.  page-RH7-laserjet.gif 
     The same page using RedHat 7.3 laserjet driver
3.  page-RH7-ljet4.gif  
     The same page using RedHat 7.3 ljet4 driver
4.  RH7-ps-test-ljet4.gif
     The RedHat 7.3 Postscript test page using ljet4 driver

(The Test page prints fine using the laserjet driver)

I will attach the gif images of the scanned-in pages.  Notice in #2 the smearing
of the text in Line 10 of the directions

Thanks.

Created attachment 67244 [details]
/etc/alchemist/namespace/printconf/local.adl using laserjet driver

Created attachment 67245 [details]
/etc/alchemist/namespace/printconf/local.adl using ljet4 driver

Created attachment 67246 [details]
A mapquest page using RedHat 6.9.5 lj4dith driver (a good result)

Created attachment 67247 [details]
The same page using RedHat 7.3 laserjet driver (smearing problems)

Created attachment 67248 [details]
The same page using RedHat 7.3 ljet4 driver (corrupt)

Created attachment 67249 [details]
The RedHat 7.3 Postscript test page using ljet4 driver (corrupt)

Please try this:  
  
gs -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ljet4 -sOutputFile=output.ljet4 \  
   postscript-file-that-normally-breaks.ps 
  
and then set up a RAW print queue for the HPLJ4L and print output.ljet4 to it. 
(Or for someone who wants to try this with a locally-attached printer, do: 
'cat output.ljet4 > /dev/lp0'). 
 
Let me know if _that_ works. 
 
Also, if you save a PostScript file of a web page that you want to print 
(print to file), and print that afterwards, are the smears always in the same 
places?  Could you attach that file please?

Problem Solved!   Thank you for your help.

I was using the printer via SMB share connection, and the "Translate \n => \r\n"
option was selected.  When I de-selected that option, everything works fine.

The "Laserjet/laserjet" driver no longer prints the random characters along the
left margin and no longer smears the lines containing graphics.  (Presumably
this was due to the extra \r's).

The "ljet4" driver now prints everything correctly (and at a higher resolution
than the Laserjet/laserjet driver).

Based on your suggestion, I connected the printer directly to the parallel port,
and everything worked fine, so I began debugging the SMB connection.  Strange
that the default SMB connection has CR/LF translation on.  I had just kept the
default and was only changing the Driver and Driver Options...

For me, the problem is resolved.

(This option defaults to 'off' in the current beta.)