LaserJet Professional M1212nf MFP print light characters from pdf files

[facu]

Hi. I installed a new HP LaserJet Professional M1212nf MFP using hp-setup and downloading the required plugin. Everything works OK but printing some PDF files, that are printed with very light characters. If the same file contains images (bitmap or vectorial), these are printed OK. If the same file is printed as image, it is printed OK, but with lower quality because conversion.

hp-check log contents
Debian

unstable

el planificador de tareas se está ejecutando

Linux budinera-gea 2.6.37-4.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 14 19:51:36 CDT 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| SYSTEM INFO |
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mBasic system information:[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :Linux budinera-gea 2.6.37-4.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 14 19:51:36 CDT 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mDistribution:[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :debian unstable
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking Python version...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, version 2.6.6 installed
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking PyQt 4.x version...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, version 4.8.3 installed.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for CUPS...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :Status: el planificador de tareas se está ejecutando
warning: Version: (cups-config) Not available. Unable to determine installed version of CUPS.)
hp-check[5385]: info: :error_log is set to level: warn
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dbus/python-dbus...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :dbus daemon is running.
hp-check[5385]: info: :python-dbus version: 0.83.1
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :------------------------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
hp-check[5385]: info: :------------------------------------
hp-check[5385]: 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[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit...[0m
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: libusb - USB library...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: Python devel - Python development files...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: Python XML libraries...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...[0m
error: NOT FOUND! This is a REQUIRED/COMPILE TIME ONLY dependency. Please make sure that this dependency is installed before installing or running HPLIP.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :----------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
hp-check[5385]: info: :----------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mCurrently installed HPLIP version...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :HPLIP 3.11.1 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mCurrent contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=3.11.1

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hplip
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-doc/HTML
icon=no
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv

# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=yes
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.11.1.19
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=yes
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=yes
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no

hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mCurrent contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :[plugin]
eula = 1
installed = 1

hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mCurrent contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :[last_used]
printer_name =
working_dir = .
device_uri = "hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP?zc=NPI344848"

[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%

[installation]
version = 3.11.1.19
date_time = 23/03/11 18:32:56

[settings]
systray_messages = 1
systray_visible = 0

[fax]
email_address =
voice_phone =

[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1

[polling]
enable = false
device_list =
interval = 5

hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :--------------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
hp-check[5385]: info: :--------------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :No devices found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mHP_M1212nf_MFP[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01m--------------[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :Type: Printer
hp-check[5385]: info: :Device URI: hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP?zc=NPI344848
hp-check[5385]: info: :PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_M1212nf_MFP.ppd
hp-check[5385]: info: :PPD Description: HP LaserJet Professional m1212nf MFP, hpcups 3.11.1, requires proprietary plugin
hp-check[5385]: info: :Printer status: la impresora HP_M1212nf_MFP está inactiva. activada desde mié 23 mar 2011 18:13:07 ART
 ready to print
hp-check[5385]: info: :Required plug-in status: Installed
hp-check[5385]: info: :Communication status: Good
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mHP_M1212nf_MFP_FAX[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01m------------------[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :Type: Fax
hp-check[5385]: info: :Device URI: hpfax:/net/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP?zc=NPI344848
hp-check[5385]: info: :PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_M1212nf_MFP_FAX.ppd
hp-check[5385]: info: :PPD Description: HP Fax3 hpcups
hp-check[5385]: info: :Printer status: la impresora HP_M1212nf_MFP_FAX está inactiva. activada desde mié 23 mar 2011 14:46:56 ART
hp-check[5385]: info: :Required plug-in status: Installed
hp-check[5385]: info: :Communication status: Good
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :----------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| SANE CONFIGURATION |
hp-check[5385]: info: :----------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01m'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01m'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.d/hplip'...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking output of 'scanimage -L'...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :device `hpaio:/net/HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP?zc=NPI344848' is a Hewlett-Packard HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP all-in-one

hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :[01mChecking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...[0m
hp-check[5385]: info: :OK, found.
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :| USER GROUPS |
hp-check[5385]: info: :---------------
hp-check[5385]: info: :
hp-check[5385]: info: :facu cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev users sambashare fuse avahi lpadmin

error: User needs to be member of group 'lp' to enable print, scan & fax.
hp-check[5385]: info: :[32;01mUser member of group 'lpadmin'.

[Jiri Popelka (jpopelka)]

Seems that HP Deskjet F4400 has the same problem using hpcups driver (version 3.11.1/3).
Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689354

[facu (budinero)]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Jiri Popelka <email address hidden> wrote:
> Seems that HP Deskjet F4400 has the same problem using hpcups driver (version 3.11.1/3).
> Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689354
>

Hi, thanks for your reply. I think this is not the same issue, becouse
M1212nf is laser and is printing the black graphics in black. The
black text is printed very light (about grey 3%). I can't check hpijs
or foo2xx becouse this printer need privative plugins.
Maybe Jonathan can test with my example file...

[goutam kodu (goutam-hplip)]

Hi Facu,

Some of the dependencies are not installed in your system that are required by HPLIP.

Can you please download and install the latest HPLIP 3.11.3a release. You can download the same from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/gethplip.html

Please let us know on the same.
If it still reproduces, please post the out-put of "hp-check -t" command.

Thanks for using HPLIP

Thanks and Regards,
Goutam
HPLIP team

[facu (budinero)]

On Saturday 26 March 2011 00:27:30 you wrote:
> Hi Facu,
>
> Some of the dependencies are not installed in your system that are required by HPLIP.
>
> Can you please download and install the latest HPLIP 3.11.3a release.
> You can download the same from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-
> web/gethplip.html
>
> Please let us know on the same.
> If it still reproduces, please post the out-put of "hp-check -t" command.
>
> Thanks for using HPLIP
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Goutam
> HPLIP team
>
>

OK. I removed the debian packages and installed through installer. After that, printing doen't work any more (but yes scanning). Then, I copied /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip to /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip-hplip and printing is working again, with black characteres. Thanks!
So, with this version printing seems to be working well, but there is an error in the installer (where is foomatic-rip-hplip?).

I will report the bug to debian.

HP CHECK REPORT
---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------

Basic system information:
Linux 2.6.37-4.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 14 19:51:36 CDT 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Distribution:
debian unstable

Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.6.6 installed

Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.8.3 installed.

Checking for CUPS...
Status: el planificador de tareas se está ejecutando
Version: 1.4.6
error_log is set to level: warn

Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.83.1

------------------------------------
| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
------------------------------------

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.

Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.

Checking for dependenc...

[goutam kodu (goutam-hplip)]

Hi Facu,

It looks like configuration of HPLIP in debian unstable is going wrong. By Default hpcups should get install but it is installing hpijs.

I can propose you the following solution:

When you run this command in the terminal,
$ sh hplip-3.11.3a.run

A folder "hplip-3.11.3a" gets created in the same location where hplip-3.11.3a.run is present.

Next follow the below instructions to configure hplip-3.11.3a.

$cd hplip-3.11.3a

$sudo make uninstall // this is to uninstall the hplip-3.11.3a

$./configure --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/HP --prefix=/usr --enable-udev-acl-rules --enable-qt4 --enable-doc-build --disable-cups-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --disable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-hpijs-install --disable-policykit
--enable-cups-drv-install --enable-hpcups-install --enable-network-build --enable-dbus-build --enable-scan-build --enable-fax-build

$make

$sudo make install

This will now install hplip-3.11.3a with hpcups enabled.

Please can you try the above instructions to configure hplip and let us know on the same.

Thanks and Regards,
Goutam

[facu (budinero)]

Hi

On Tuesday 29 March 2011 02:35:46 you wrote:
> Hi Facu,
>
> It looks like configuration of HPLIP in debian unstable is going wrong.
> By Default hpcups should get install but it is installing hpijs.

Yes, I thought that it was fine.

> I can propose you the following solution:
>
> When you run this command in the terminal,
> $ sh hplip-3.11.3a.run
>
> A folder "hplip-3.11.3a" gets created in the same location where
> hplip-3.11.3a.run is present.
>
> Next follow the below instructions to configure hplip-3.11.3a.
>
> $cd hplip-3.11.3a
>
> $sudo make uninstall // this is to uninstall the hplip-3.11.3a
>
> $./configure --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/HP --prefix=/usr --enable-udev-acl-rules --enable-qt4 --enable-doc-build --disable-cups-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --disable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-hpijs-install --disable-policykit
> --enable-cups-drv-install --enable-hpcups-install --enable-network-build --enable-dbus-build --enable-scan-build --enable-fax-build
>
> $make
>
> $sudo make install
>
> This will now install hplip-3.11.3a with hpcups enabled.
>
> Please can you try the above instructions to configure hplip and let us
> know on the same.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Goutam
>
>

I followed your steps and now I installed hplip with hpcups without problems. But printing is working like before (with debian pakages), printing very light grey (unreadable) characters. So, I can confirm that this bug is similar to #689354 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689354, but I am printing in light grey only the text.

[goutam kodu (goutam-hplip)]

Hi Facu,

Thanks for that. I will work on it and check why it is happening in hpcups (printing grey). I dont have debian unstable distro to test this. I will check this on latest debian 6.0.1 and let you know on the same.

If the hplip-3.11.3a.run installer is configuring hpijs by default in debian unstable and foomatic-rip-hplip-install is not enabled then can you try this configuration by entering into the hplip source directory :
 $ ./configure --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/HP --prefix=/usr --enable-udev-acl-rules --enable-qt4 --enable-doc-build --disable-cups-ppd-install --enable-foomatic-drv-install --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --enable-foomatic-rip-hplip-install --enable-hpijs-install --disable-policykit --disable-cups-drv-install --disable-hpcups-install --enable-network-build --enable-dbus-build --enable-scan-build --enable-fax-build

and do

$ make
$sudo make install

Please can you let me know on the same and post me the output of "hp-check -t".

Thanks and Regards,
Goutam

[facu (budinero)]

Hi, I tested what you suggested, and that results in an install error:

# make install
(...)
test -z "/usr/lib/cups/filter" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/lib/cups/filter"
  /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c hpps '/usr/lib/cups/filter'
/usr/bin/install -c hpps /usr/lib/cups/filter/hpps
test -z "/usr/lib/sane" || /bin/mkdir -p "/usr/lib/sane"
 /bin/bash ./libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libsane-hpaio.la '/usr/lib/sane'
libtool: install: error: cannot install `libsane-hpaio.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/lib64/sane
make[1]: *** [install-libsane_hpaioLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/home/facu/descargas/hard/impresoras/hplip/hplip-3.11.3a'
make: *** [install-am] Error 2
(...)

I added --libdir=/usr/lib64 option to configure, and make install runs without errors, but printing results in a lot of garbage printed (like a pdf source).

(sorry my poor english....)

[goutam kodu (goutam-hplip)]

Hi Facu ,

Please can you post me the output of "hp-check -t" .

Thanks,
Goutam

[goutam kodu (goutam-hplip)]

Hi Facu ,

This garbage printing could be because the plugin might not have installed properly.

I want to share this little bit of information regarding the "foomatic-rip-hplip" .
http://hplipopensource.com/node/123
https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/25654

Thanks
Goutam

[girto (patspiper)]

I tried to print the example pdf that facu posted and got very light text printing as well.

Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty)
M1212NF

I can print other documents fine.

[facu (budinero)]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 4:34 AM, girto <email address hidden> wrote:
> I tried to print the example pdf that facu posted and got very light
> text printing as well.
>
> Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty)
> M1212NF
>
> I can print other documents fine.
>

I have problem mainly with text in pdf files. The other documents you
tested were pdf?
I'm using hpijs becouse of this problem.

[girto (patspiper)]

@facu,
I have faced this issue only with your pdf sample (only the text is very light) and another pdf that I have (part of the graphics is very light). Otherwise, all my documents (pdf and others) print fine.

AFAIK, pdf's are pre-processed by ghostscript which outputs postsript files, which in turn are processed by hplip. It would be interesting to check whether the problem is with ghostscript or hplip. How can we have access to the intermediate postscript file?

[facu (budinero)]

On Wednesday 11 May 2011 14:05:56 you wrote:
> @facu,
> I have faced this issue only with your pdf sample (only the text is very light) and another pdf that I have (part of the graphics is very light). Otherwise, all my documents (pdf and others) print fine.
>
> AFAIK, pdf's are pre-processed by ghostscript which outputs postsript
> files, which in turn are processed by hplip. It would be interesting to
> check whether the problem is with ghostscript or hplip. How can we have
> access to the intermediate postscript file?

It seems that this problem is solved in the new version 3.11.5 packaged in debian, like in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689354. Thanks!