[KLUG Members] HP Printing Problems

[Adam Williams]

>HP Linux Support STINKS! OK, I feel better now.

I have an HP895Cxe and it works great! ;)

>I have a HP DeskJet 882C that I'm TRYING to configure. I've tested many
>drivers with little success. Either the font size is HUGE or the color is
>WAY off or garbage prints. On the linuxprinting.org site they talk about a
>HPIJS driver for use with Ghostscript?

Yes,  I think HP now provides a binary ghostscript module that includes
their color management code.

For me the stp driver (from GIMP print) included in all current
ghostscript drivers would pretty well.  I don't think color is perfect
but it is pretty good.

>Can anyone help with a little enlightenment on this and help me configure
>this printer?

I've been meaning to try the HP drivers but haven't got around to it as
they didn't support RH71 last time I checked and now I've upgraded to
RH72.  stp works well enough that I'm not willing to try anything else
unless it is as easy as "rpm --install yaya...."