Command line printing settings/defaults on 9.10 not working correctly

[Florian Diesch]

Chris G <cl at isbd.net> writes:

> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 01:46:06PM -0500, Brian McKee wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>> > I have three Ubuntu systems, currently two run 9.04 and a third is
>> > running 9.10.  Command line printing (via CUPS) on the 9.04 systems
>> > works as expected, I get output at 10cpi and 6lpi.  However on the
>> > 9.10 system command line printing comes out in a somewhat strange
>> > looking font at about 5cpi.  Explicitly setting the cpi on the command
>> > line has no effect.
>> 
>> Are both printers the same brand/driver? e.g. if a printer
>> driver/filter was updated would that cause your issue?
>> 
>> Or have you chose a slightly different driver on the newer machine?
>> (transposed a model number say)
>> 
> I obviously didn't make things clear.
>
> On the 9.04 systems printing using only the local CUPS (version 1.3.9)
> to the network printer works correctly.
>
> On the 9.10 system printing to *both* printers has the same problem,
> prints too big, ignores cpi settings, etc.  (CUPS version 1.4.1)
>
> The printers are an HP7310 (the networked one which client systems
> print to directly) and an HP1320 connected to the 9.10 Ubuntu system
> by USB so I can only print to that via the 9.10 system.  In the past
> when the HP1320 was connected to a 9.04 system the printing was OK.
>
> So all the indications are that the problem lies with CUPS 1.4.1, it
> simply doesn't set the default command line lpr/lp parameters
> correctly and neither does it allow you to change them with -o.

What's the ouput of
  lpoptions
and 
  lpoptions -l
on both systems?


   Florian
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