Re: [libreoffice-users] can't print to pages on a single side of paper

I do not know about why PDF is set as the default for that printer.  I 
never saw an HP printer use PDF as a default language for the printer.

Did you download and install the HP drivers for Linux?  Here is the link 
to the site.
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

I have two HP printers.  Color Laserjet 2600n and PSC1410.  I needed 
these updated drivers to make the printers work the best for Ubuntu 
Linux.  When you run the file in the Terminal [instructions are given on 
the site], it should ask about which OS and printer you have, before you 
download the needed file.  Then when you run the script, it will 
download everything that is needed and install the needed packages for you.

This may help, if you did not install the drivers.  I found that the 
drivers included with Ubuntu 10.04 was not as good as the most 
up-to-date ones from that site.

The system shows the OS for SUSE 11.3 and 11.4, and you will have to 
page down the printer list a long way to get to your printer, after you 
select OfficeJet Pro as the type of printer.  I do not see ArchLinux, 
but you should be able to use the driver from the parent OS like Debian, 
Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, etc., whatever it is.  It shows the same version 
for the package as you listed, but so did Ubuntu, but for some reason 
when I installed the version from this site, it seemed to work better.  
Actually, I just realized that I am running an older version than is 
online, so I will be upgrading it myself.

IF you still have the problems, make sure you use the non-PDF language 
for your default printer language.  HP's language or Postscript language 
is preferred.

As for CUPS, did you install CUPS-PDF from your package manager?  That 
is my default way to print out PDF files, even from LibreOffice [most of 
the time].

As for the 2 pages per sheet, the orientation for the sheet should be 
landscape.  If it is otherwise, then there is a problem.

On 10/28/2011 08:38 AM, Thomas Knierim wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> this is my first post in a mailing list - so please be patient.
>
> I have a strange problem - and I have to admint: I don't know if it belongs to llibreoffice only. 
> So here is the Problem:
> I'm using a HP Officjet Pro k8600dn and I can't print to pages on a sheet of paper. If I start a 
> print job the paper gets loaded and the printer hangs. I could only bring it back to live if I 
> switch it off and on again. The problem does only appear if the printer language is set to PDF (the 
> default) in LibreOffice. If I set it to PostScript (level of the driver) the printer works as 
> expected.
> On the other hand: I have an old HP Laserjet 5L. With it the two-pages-on-a-sheet-printing works 
> (but the orientation is wrong - but that's another problem).
>
> Here is my software:
> OperationSystem: Linux (OpenSuse RC1 or Archlinux - both the same error)
> LibreOffice: 3.4.2
> CUPS: 1.5.0
> hplip: 3.11.10
>
> Greetings tknierim


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