[Xprint] LQ-300+ printer support

[Aleksander Adamowski]

ali bagheri wrote:

>I used xprint for printing persian in Laser printers
>and it works fine , but I need to print persian in
>LQ-300+ printer, but it generates very larg fonts ( a
>word fits the whole paper), so please guide me how to
>print in LQ-300+
>                                        Best Regards
>  
>
<Rant>
This is THE major barrier to Xprint adoption.

Just another case that supports my earlier posts (see the 
"GISWxprint-sparc-2004-07-07-release_009_001 Prints too    large" 
thread) and bug 5355 (http://mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=5355) - 
Xprint needs to be able to extract printer model information from the 
spooler (like CUPS through PPDs) automatically, without having the user 
write his model configs.

Roland, if you read this: please, tell us, is there a chance of Xprint 
discovering the model-config info automatically from the printing 
system? I don't ask for implementation, nor any roadmap, only for 
acknowledgement of the problem - since to date I were only getting 
answers suggesting that noone thinks this is needed.

And in my opinion it is.
</Rant>

Ali: by default Xprint uses model configs which print in 300 DPI,  but 
some packaged installations (for Debian) default to 600 DPI or suggest 
this configuration to the user, since 300 DPI is a very low resolution 
with visible printout quality degradation.

If this is the case for you, it causes the job to be generated in a 
resolution too high for your printer. You have to write a model config 
for your printer and configure Xprint to use it.

Here's how to do it:
http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html#printout_only_covers_1_4_of_the_paper

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