Hi there, interesting - thanks for sharing that with us - I used to see this a lot in other technology (15+ years ago) and it was a case of the print spooler not sending the correct or sufficient re-initialisation codes to the printer before (or you could argue after) the print job. I am not sure yet where to look in the printing systems but will give it some thought. I suspect the same effect can be had with other combinations. We had a temporary patch which was to send a dummy document to the printer to reset the codes. This was easy to fix back then using a printer in hexdump mode and creating the dummy doc. A favourite subject of mine at the moment is the HPLIP printing system - there was an update recently to 13.14.10. I wonder if you have used this - if so what version. I noticed some features have been removed in the latest update Wonder where you are at now with this - it gives my a push to investigate. Mike On 01/11/14 11:27, Carl Turney wrote:
Hi All,
Have searched a while, but can't even find the relevant forum where my problem would be best addressed.
***** Background: Recently installed Linux Mint MATE * Qiana on my desktop and laptop (64 & 32 bit versions respectively). Have a Lexmark E230 monochrome laser printer, which the Mint install/setup routine handled easily and effortlessly. It prints documents perfectly, whether I'm printing PDFs from Document Viewer, Word docs from LibreOffice, or ASCII text from the Pluma text editor.
***** Problem: (On the 64-bit desktop, haven't tried the 32 bit laptop.) Whenever I print a second document, regardless of which of the above apps I'm using, I get printer code, instead of the desired document. For instance...
PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCLXL ) HP-PCL XL;1;1;Comment Copyright Artifex Software, I (then a new page, and the full range of random ASCII characters -- e.g. foreign letters, emoticons, etc.)
I have to turn my printer off and on, for every item I want to print. Grr.
(Note: If I'm in LibreOffice and ask it to print multiple copies, I don't have any problems.)
***** Question:
Any suggestions on =whose= forum I should direct this problem to? e.g. Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, CUPS, some printer driver developer group, etc.?
(Note: I've found the Linux Mint forums the worst I've ever encountered. And I've probably used well over a dozen in the past decade. Lots of people asking questions, and nearly zero responses from anyone knowledgeable.)
Thanks =very= much guys,
Carl Turney Bayswater, Melbourne
* BTW: MATE is pronounced "MAH-tay". I have an Argentinian friend who loves the locally-famous drink which the GUI is named after.
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