Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 109378
r-c-p should offer the pxlmono driver for HP LaserJet 5 printers (among others)
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:33 EST
Description of problem: SSIA. The pxlmono printer is magnitudes quicker than the other offered drivers for LaserJet 5. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): redhat-config-printer-0.6.79-1 How reproducible: Easy. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start r-c-p 2. New Printer or Edit Printer 3. Choose LaserJet 5 (or 5/5M) Actual results: pxlmono driver doesn't get offered. Expected results: pxlmono driver gets offered. Additional info: I found out about this on http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_5 where it is stated: "lj5gray [...] PCL-XL driver for the LaserJet 5, 6 (not 5L and 5P) and compatible models up to 1200 dpi resolution. Note that the "pxlmono"/"pxlcolor" drivers are much faster than this driver, but due to a bug they do not work in GhostScript 5.50, in GhostScript 6.51 they work excellently."
Should be fixed in 3.0.0-11. Should pxlmono be the default driver for this model?
I've used this driver so far (since yesterday evening) had no problems. The only issue (which is mentioned on the driver's page at linuxprinting.org) is that it is a generic driver with no support for any of the fancier printer features. So I guess it shouldn't be default. I'll let you know if I encounter any other problems.