Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 6891
HP LaserJet 8100 DN prints text incorrectly
Last modified: 2003-05-20 16:45:09 UTC
Documents sent to a networked HP LaserJet 8100 DN print text incorrectly. Graphics in the document are printed correctly, and the same document sent to another HP printer (LaserJet 4000 N) on the same network prints correctly. This problem also appears with Mozilla 1.1b, but _not_ with any Microsoft applications (Notepad, MS Office 97, IE 5.50, etc.). For example, the following document (no formatting, default Thorndale font): -- START EXAMPLE -- This is a test. ABCDEFG abcdefg 123456789 -- END EXAMPLE -- Prints as: -- START EXAMPLE -- 7 KLV LV $ % & ' D E F G -- END EXAMPLE -- Changing the font to Times New Roman or Arial (which apparently have native eqivalents on the printer) prints the same incorrect text, but in the selected font. Selecting a 'special' font that's unlikely to have a native eqivalent on the printer (Conga, Lucida Console, etc.) prints out the correct text in the selected font, but with a box character (the font's "unprintable" character) displayed between the characters. I'm using the '_' to represent the box in the example: -- START EXAMPLE -- T_H_I_S _ _I _S _ A_B_C_D a_b_c_d 1_2_3_4_5 -- END EXAMPLE --
pl->ssa: please have a look
ssa->hdu: seems to be a font issue
Which version of OOo are you using? 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 643? Are you printing using PCL or Postscript? If you are using PCL please try to access the printer as postscript printer. If you are using Postscript please print to a file and append the output file here.
> Which version of OOo are you using? 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 643? 1.0.1 > Are you printing using PCL or Postscript? HP LaserJet 8100 Series PCL 6 Driver Version 4.2.0.8 > If you are using PCL please try to access the > printer as postscript printer. Changing the driver to AdobePSGenericPostScriptPrinter solved the problem. Pity the PCL driver doesn't work, though.
Please have a look at your PCL printer's properties: Device Settings -> Font Substitution Table and check if the fonts that show this problem are different than others.
Looks related to the internal bug #106259#, where the printer driver provides a buggy ExtTextOutW implementation for lpDX case. Workaround in next builds.
Setting target to OOo 1.1 beta
HDU->US: Can you help to recreate the problem (PCL-Driver + W98)? Else there is not much I can do.
Should work in OOo 1.1 Beta1. Please comment if it works for you now.
This task is fixed or worked in OOo 1.1 beta2.
Works is fixed in OOo 1.1 Beta2. => closed