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Title: Printing problems in Scribus
Post by: vadv55 on April 22, 2021, 08:24:15 PM
Available: OS ALT Linux (KWorkstation 8.2), inkjet printer HP DeskJet 1220C (location - localhost, connection - parallel port). When trying to print from Scribus 1.5.3 a standard file (test1.sla), a blank sheet of paper is skipped instead. If I replace the current print driver with others, the following occurs:
Does Scribus require a dedicated print driver to print? Any advice on this issue would be grateful.
Title: Re: Printing problems in Scribus
Post by: utnik on April 23, 2021, 05:39:31 AM
if printing from scribus doesn't work, just print from a .pdf reader – it's the standard workflow anyway.

utnik
Title: Re: Printing problems in Scribus
Post by: toyotadesigner on April 23, 2021, 06:09:10 PM
You might try the software RIP »Turboprint for Linux«: https://www.turboprint.info/ (https://www.turboprint.info/)
Title: Re: Printing problems in Scribus
Post by: Nermander on April 23, 2021, 08:57:59 PM
Since printing usually works from a PDF viewer, the issue is obviously not with the printer driver, but rather Scribus printing code.
Title: Re: Printing problems in Scribus
Post by: toyotadesigner on April 23, 2021, 11:06:22 PM
Yup, all you need is a postscript printer or a software RIP to use a non postscript printer. I had Turboprint for macOS and a PCL large format printer, that setup worked like a charm. Unfortunately the large format printer died too soon...
Title: Re: Printing problems in Scribus
Post by: vadv55 on April 28, 2021, 08:05:50 PM
Thanks everyone for the help. I think that the simplest and easiest option for printing for non postscript printers is to pre-convert SLA format to PDF format.
Title: Re: Printing problems in Scribus
Post by: utnik on April 29, 2021, 04:11:30 PM
yes, creating high quality .pdf files for print is what scribus is developed for.

utnik