TurboPrint & PrintFab

Hello, the option "PageRegion" is a duplicate of "PageSize" and is usually ignored - it is only present because it is part of the Adobe PPD specification (postscript printer definition) that every Linux printer driver must conform to. The command line option for setting the page ...

Hello,

some programs print by calling the command "/usr/bin/lp".

Maybe the rpm package "cups-client" is missing - please check using yast2 if this package is present.

Hello, please excuse the delay. Under Linux, each application must provide its own print dialog (as opposed to Windows / Mac). Unfortunately, print dialogs look quite different (exception: all KDE applications have the same KDE print dialog and most Gnome applications use the standard Gnome print di...

Hello,

we investigated this problem a little further and found that a combination of certain printer commands may result in the HP Designjet 70 printer switching off. We will change that in the next TurboPrint release (within the next weeks).

Hello toxamus, what "Intent" did you choose on the "Color" menu? If you select a colorimetric intent you cannot change most settings as the colors are intended to be reproduced exactly as indicated in the document. However these settings should have an effect with the "perce...

Hi, Probably your printer does not work with the network protocol you are using. Normally either "Socket/Jetdirect" or "LPR" work. Some Canon printers do not support any of these protocols and need the special BJNP protocol. The current version of TurboPrint also installs the BJN...

Hello MadEgg, the TurboPrint daemon is responsible for retrieving printer status and ink levels. However it does not interact with the printing process at all - printing works even without the TurboPrint daemon. The message "no connection to TurboPrint daemon" says that the daemon was stop...

Hello carusoswi, updates within version 2 of TurboPrint (e.g. from version 2.07 to version 2.09) can be installed over the current installation. Your printer settings should be kept. You need to reactivate TurboPrint with your license keyfile after that. For 6 months after your license purchase all ...

Hello jumpa, please check if your printer has the latest firmware - HP offers firmware updates on their webpage. Regarding the turboprint daemon - it should be started automatically when booting your system. However, you can try to start it manually by entering the following command in a shell windo...

Hello ScottFavor, of course you can do a complete new installation of TurboPrint on an updated or on a new system. Just activate it again with your license keyfile (you should make a backup copy of it). The only problem might be if future Fedora versions were not backward compatible. In that case yo...

Hello, if the printer is attached by network cable or connected to your wireless lan, it should be listed in TurboPrint Control Center in the "Add printer" window. If you know the printer's IP address - please also try if it responds to the shell command "ping 192.168.1.100" - th...

Hello gimmejimmy,

does printing via Wine not work or do you also have problems with printing from different Linux applications, like OpenOffice, GIMP, etc?

GIMP: in the GIMP print plugin for TurboPrint there is a "Portrait / Landscape" setting. Inkscape: The Gnome print dialog that is used by inkscape is incomplete on SuSE 11.1 - the page size and page orientation settings are missing. A workaround is to export the document as PDF and print i...

Hello, black ink us used with the following exceptions: - borderless printing is selected (page size e.g. "A4 borderless") - media type not "Plain paper" but e.g. "Inkjet paper" or "Glossy" Both exceptions are restrictions from the printer hardware & firmw...

Hello,

of course not - TurboPrint is not freeware.

If you want to use TurboPrint, you can buy a key file for the current version TurboPrint 2.