Re: printing very large sheets

From: Andreas Rippl (a.rippl_at_gmx.net)
Date: 03/29/05

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    On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 01:48:50AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > I'm trying to print a very large sheet of paper (44"x12"). The printer
    > (HP9650) is fine with standard sheet sizes, but I can't figure out how to
    > make it print very large sheets of paper. This is what I've tried:
    >
    > CUPs:
    > - set the default paper size to "custom"
    >
    > OpenOffice.org:
    > - resizes the sheet to a "standard" paper size, even if a custom page
    > size is used. Apparently this is due to a bug in Java 1.3.1?
    >
    > psresize
    > - from OOo create a ps file and then resize using psresize. Generates
    > the following error:
    >
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] -----------
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] New page: 2 2
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Inserting option code into "PageSetup" section.
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Found:
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] %%Page: 2 2
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] --> Output goes to the FIFO buffer now.
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125]
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] No page header or page header not DSC-conforming
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125]
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Found: %%BeginPageSetup
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Found: %%EndPageSetup
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] End of page header
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Flushing FIFO.
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125]
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Closing renderer
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] KID3 exited with status 3
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Renderer exit stat: 3
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Renderer process finished
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Killing process 18675 (KID3)
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Process dying with "Error closing renderer", exit stat: 3
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] [Job 125] Error closing renderer
    > E [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] PID 18673 stopped with status 3!
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] UpdateJob: job 125, file 0 is complete.
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] CancelJob: id = 125
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] StopJob: id = 125, force = 0
    > D [29/Mar/2005:01:35:37 -0500] StopJob: printer state is 3
    >
    >
    > I tried bringing the document into Scribus (1.2.1), but it was just way too
    > unstable for me.
    >
    > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I know the printer *can* do
    > paper this large, I'm just not sure how...I am willing to try software
    > other than OOo, but it needs to be stable. I'm writing applications and
    > can't have the stress of the software crashing every X number of minutes
    > because I dragged and dropped too quickly.
    >
    > thanks,
    > emma
    >
    > --
    > Emma Jane Hogbin
    > Guild of Accessible Web Designers :: www.gawds.org
    > consulting: www.xtrinsic.com
    Hi Emma,

    what printer driver do you use in CUPS? My guess is that if you install the
    right printer driver in CUPS, your problem will be solved. Try to
    locate the right .ppd file and put it into '/usr/share/cups/model/'
    (IIRC). Then install a new printer queue and use the proper driver. I
    have created pdf posters via latex in this way; the learning curve is
    steep, but the output is well worth the effort (at least if you generate
    documents on a somewhat regular basis).

    Hth, 

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