Gimp, gimp-print, and foomatic versions and flags: net-print/foomatic-3.0.0 media-gfx/gimp-1.2.5 +python +nls +gnome +aalib +perl +doc +jpeg +png +tiff media-gfx/gimp-print-4.2.5-r2 +nls +gtk +readline +cups +foomaticdb +ppds net-print/hpijs-1.4.1 +cups +foomaticdb +ppds Printer is HP 5550, connected via USB. Printing a test page via CUPS web interface or via the Gnome Cups Manager will sometimes work, sometimes not. (It appears that end-user attempts to diagnose or correct the problem just fubar the situation more. Solutions proposed in the forums and the Gentoo Printing How-To don't work.) Attempting to print from Gimp results in blank pages being spit out continuously until the job is killed. Small but significant exception to the blank pages occur: In some cases a print job has a line or two or three at the top of one page. Examples from some trials: ----- GIMP/Gimp-Print 4.2.5 (24 Jan 2003) %%CreationDate: Sun [date snipped] %Cop ----- %!PS-Adobe-3.0 %%Creator: Print plug-in V4.3.21 - 24 Sep 2003 for GIMP/Gimp-Print ----- From these it appears that either the PostScript is incorrect or the transmission of PS information is being garbled and some control characters are being dropped. This occurs with either the gimp-print-ijs or the hpijs drivers selected, and with the ppd field (File | Print | Printer Settings | Setup Printer | PPD File) either blank or pointing to a ppd. Ppds were created by: foomatic-configure -s cups -p HP-DeskJet_5550 -c file:/dev/usb/lp0 -n HP_5550_hpijs -d hpijs and by the same except for gimp-print-ijs for the driver. This also occurs with gimp-print-4.3.21, at least with the driver/ppd combinations I tried. One last item: even with nothing being printed the printer now occasionally makes some noise and motion; a few moments ago it spit out a blank page. This never happened before I tried getting GIMP to print with the system. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: skipper cups # emerge --info Portage 2.0.49-r13-2 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.20-gentoo-r7) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.10p1 distcc 2.9 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-tbird -funroll-loops -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-tbird -funroll-loops -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache distcc" GENTOO_MIRRORS=" ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://gentoo.noved.org/ ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/packages/arch_athlon-tbird_O2" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss gdbm sdl 3dfx cdr dv dvd dvdr mmx -pcmcia -pnp -trusted 3dnow aalib alsa amd apache2 apm -arts auctex autofs avi berkdb bonobo canna cjk clamav clisp cmucl crypt cscope cups dga directfb doc encode esd ethereal evms2 evo fax fbcon fbdev foomaticdb freetds freewnn gcl gd gdm gif ginac gnome gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hbci imagemagick imap imlib innodb java javascript jikes jpeg junit -kde lcms ldap libg++ libgda libwww ltsp mad maildir mbox mcal mdb memlimit mikmod motif mozaccess mozcalendar mozilla mozinterfaceinfo mozxmlterm mpeg music mysql ncurses nls nptl oav odbc offensive ofx oggvorbis opengl pam parse-clocks pcap pda pdflib perl pic plotutils png ppds prelude python qhull -qt quicktime readline ruby samba sasl scanner skey slang spell sqlite sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype type1 usb wmf wxwindows X Xaw3d xinerama xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
try to rebuild ghostscript
did it work?
