I had the same issue, it turned out my printer settings were using A4 paper instead of US Letter. Switched it and now it's fine. > -----Original Message----- > From: BN [mailto:bneigebauer at attbi.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 11:30 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] tip for printing with windows clients > via IPP under > cups > > > Man thats funny! I had the same problem, but the answer I > found was in > German. Fortunately I know a little German and didn't even > need to use > the fish. > > My problem now is the margins. I don't thinks its an issue > realted to cups. > I downloaded and installed adobe's latest generic postscript > drivers and > pointed it to the proper PPD. > > When I print, the page is down and left an inch too far. I > switched the > generic post script driver over to "print to file" and took > the output > file, put it on the linux box and did a "cat test.ps > /dev/oki4drv" > > Same problem. > > Downloaded a random PS file of the net, printed just fine. > Same with the > testprint.ps that comes with CUPS. > Downloaded the latest ghostscript. > Downloaded the latest gsview for windows, everything looked fine with > the PS file. > Setup my HP1600C (I know, it already supports IPP, don't need CUPS) > Printed through the Generic post script driver, prints fine. > > So, I have determined its a combination of Adobe's Postscript > driver and > the oki4drv driver that I am using. > > Anyone setup an Okidata 4w with CUPS and try to print from Windows? > > I am gonna take a stab at playing with the oki4drv code and check out > what its doing....... > > > > > > Austad, Jay wrote: > > >Just a tip for those setting up cups to let windows clients print via > >IPP.... > > > >Remove any commas from the nickname line in > /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. There's a > >bug in windows where it doesn't like the commas. And don't > use ipp:// when > >setting up windows clients, you have to use a URL of the form > >"http://myhost:631/printers/myprintername" > > > >Spent like 2 hours troubleshooting this, and finally found > the answer to the > >comma problem on a page written in swedish. :) > > > >Note that you'll need to put "AuthType None" under the > location sections for > >"/" and "/printers" since it appears that windows doesn't like > >authentication over IPP. > > > >Jay > >_______________________________________________ > >Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > >http://www.mn-linux.org > >tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >