[lug] printing problem

[Dean Brissinger]

> From: Mark Sweitzer [mailto:Mark at MarksInfo.net]
>
> I have an HP LaserJet 2200D printer physically connected to a Mandriva
> (Mandrake) box, and the test pages print fine.
>
> I can print fine from Windows, and even from a DOS window with plain text.
> But the DOS application I'm using requires "printer format codes" embedded
> in the document, and when these jobs are printed, all I get is a blank
> printed page.
> 
> I've tried changing the print driver in Mandriva to other HP LaserJet
> models, to a postscript driver, to raw printing without a driver, etc.,
> but still only get blank pages.

Try using a ghostscript printer driver.  Most of them in CUPS will allow you
to translate the output before it goes to the printer.  The best way to get
CUPS going correctly is to use the CUPS gui.  http://localhost:631/

-- Dean