[Xprint] Configuring Xprint for 600x1200 dpi Postscript printer

[Roland Mainz]

Christian Hudon wrote:
> I guess this is a variation of the classic "my printouts fill only a
> quarter of the page" FAQ, except with an added, fun twist. My problem
> is, my printouts only fill 1/8 of the page.

Did you try "600" or "1200" DPI yet ?

> Having read the FAQ, I know that the solution to this is to tell Xprint
> about the resolution of my printer. However, all the documentation I've
> read seems to assume that the x and y resolution are equal. How do I
> tell Xprint that my printer is 600x1200 dpi?

That may be a problem... the both HP, Sun and the others who originally
designed Xprint never thought about printers where the X- and
Y-resolution differ (noone can blame them - AFAIK there wasn't any
hardware in those days which tried to handle that differently). The
limitation hides in the XpExtension protocol which assumes that X- and
Y-resolution are always the same (and they even extend that to the
Xprint image scaling API... ;-().

We have to think about a protcol extension which...
a) ... allows different X- and Y-resolutions
b) ... allows different X- and Y-scalers for images (or better: just
specify the destination width and height and let the DDX handle the
scaling)

... but: AFAIK your problem can easily be solved assuming your printer
is handled via CUPS (or something similar). Do you have a PPD file for
that printer ?

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Bye,
Roland

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