hp deskjet d2663 does not print with the best quality settings

[Jacob Popov]

HP Deskjet D2663 with hplip 3.10.5 on Ubuntu 10.04

When I try to print with the "best quality" settings (which means printing on "photo paper" or "hp photo paper" with "High-Resolution Photo" quality) I get a cropped version of a double-sized picture with very dull colours and vertical purple stripes right on the image.

Trying to print directly from HP Monitor makes the printer flash all its lights until I turn it off.

[Jacob Popov (j-a-popov)]

hp-check output:

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.5)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the
HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies
are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro
supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball
has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode
will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).

Saving output in log file: hp-check.log

Initializing. Please wait...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
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Basic system information:
Linux popov-home 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:27:30 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
ubuntu 10.04

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.6.5 installed

Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.7.2 installed.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: scheduler is running
Version: 1.4.3
error_log is set to level: warn

Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.0

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| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
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note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).

Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
OK, found.

Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found....

[Jacob Popov (j-a-popov)]

Here you can see scans of 2 pictures; one printed with Normal quality (to the right) and another printed with High-Resolution Photo.

[Elias Vanderstuyft (elias-vds)]

I've got exactly the same problem.

The printer I'm using is a HP Officejet 5610 All-in-One with HPLIP 3.10.6.15 drivers on Linux 2.6.32.19-163.fc12.i686.PAE Fedora 12.
On Fedora 6, I got much more printing options then I get now. Now I can't even choose the DPI.

When I choose "High resolution photo" quality, it prints (at relative fast speeds, too fast too print photo quality,) a black image with here and there some purple colours with clearly visible horizontal lines (=> photo print should actually avoid this by printing slower). The output is vertically 2x stretched and when I print a PDF document of exactly 1 page, it prints until the bottom (because of the vertical stretch, the output contains only half the contents of the PDF document) and then it waits for a certain time until it "ejects" the printed paper. This time equals about the time it takes to print the other half of the document.

This bug doesn't seem to be hot, although it should REALLY be, so please, someone examine this bug...

My hp-check output:

hp-check[30849]: info: :
Initializing. Please wait...
Fedora

12

taakplanner is actief

/usr/bin/cups-config: regel 59: test: te veel argumenten
1.4.4

Linux Johan 2.6.32.19-163.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 11:32:44 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :---------------
hp-check[30849]: info: :| SYSTEM INFO |
hp-check[30849]: info: :---------------
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mBasic system information:[0m
hp-check[30849]: info: :Linux Johan 2.6.32.19-163.fc12.i686.PAE #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 11:32:44 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mDistribution:[0m
hp-check[30849]: info: :fedora 12
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mChecking Python version...[0m
hp-check[30849]: info: :OK, version 2.6.2 installed
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mChecking PyQt 4.x version...[0m
hp-check[30849]: info: :OK, version 4.7.3 installed.
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mChecking for CUPS...[0m
hp-check[30849]: info: :Status: taakplanner is actief
hp-check[30849]: info: :Version: /usr/bin/cups-config: regel 59: test: te veel argumenten
1.4.4
hp-check[30849]: info: :error_log is set to level: warn
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mChecking for dbus/python-dbus...[0m
hp-check[30849]: info: :dbus daemon is running.
hp-check[30849]: info: :python-dbus version: 0.83.0
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :------------------------------------
hp-check[30849]: info: :| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
hp-check[30849]: info: :------------------------------------
hp-check[30849]: info: :
note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...[0m
hp-check[30849]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[30849]: info: :
hp-check[30849]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: CUPS DD...