Comment 3 for bug 693509

Thank you SO much!
In my Lucid Lynx I went into System -> Administration -> Printing and in the Properties -> Printer Options window I changed printout mode to Normal Grayscale (Black Cartridge) - as I usually only use a black cartridge with the machine - and now I can print in Lucid! (It was set to Color Cartridge as default.) No empty pages anymore!

Interestingly, the default PrintOut Mode setting in my Kubuntu 10.10 is: Normal (Color cartrige) - and I don't have to change it to Grayscale to be able to print. (But of course, if I do, it is working fine also). Maybe this has to do with the problem you diagnosed.

I can further report, that in the Ubuntu Natty Daily Live Session I can also Print without changing a setting. Print Quality is set to Normal Color (I didn't see a PrintOut Mode setting, but then again, I checked this in haste.)

I also tested this solution on PCLinuxOS 2010.12. In the Live Session I let the system set up the printer. It printed empty pages by default again, but when I went into the PCLinuxOS Control Center -> Hardware -> Set up printers -> Printer options -> Print Quality -and set it to Normal Grayscale, I could print.

The same thing worked in a SimplyMepis Live Session too!

Unfortunately, I can't test it on OpenSuse right now, but should I run into problems setting it up at in the future, I'm sure the Opensuse Forums will help me out.

So the solution was pretty simple. I guess I got so used the simplicity of linux just plugging in the hardware and it working out of the box in the blink of an eye, that it didn't even occur to me that I should play around with the settings. I feel foolish.

Anyway, it would be cool if the printer could print by default in other distros too just like in Ubuntu Maverick and Natty and I hope your patch gets adopted!!

Thanks again!