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

Hi
Am 28.10.2011 um 15:36 schrieb webmaster for Kracked Press Productions:

> 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.

The Printer Language is set by LibreOffice. If you open the print dialog, klick on the printer and 
then on properties you get a new window. Select the tab device and here you have the printer 
language PDF (don't know if the Words of the tab etc. are correct since I use a german version). 
Again: setting this to PostScript (Level of the Driver) resolves the problem - but that are too 
much clicks for a print job.

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

Yes I have the newest Version installed. The most recent version is 3.11.10...

> 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.

... PDF is set in LibreOffice (see above) :(

> 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].

In OpenSuse 12.1 (standard) there is no package called cups-pdf

> 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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