Re: page position (margins) shifted for epson C86 on FC5

Slight correction:  I made a slight error in reporting that the
page is shifted DOWN by about 50 points:  The actual DOWN shift
is really about 23 points, not 50.  I don't think it's an A4 vs
letter issue, as everything is set to "letter", and the error
logs do report "letter" as the set size of the document.  Any
additional suggestions as to what to check would be most
appreciated.

     -- Peter Scott <[email protected]>


In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes:
> 
> 
> I've just upgraded from Fedora Core 1
> (kernel: 2.4.22-1.2199.5.legacy.nptl) to Fedora Core 5
> on a new 64-bit machine (kernel: 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 #1 SMP)
> and upon configuring my Epson Stylus C86 printer, am
> finding an annoying glitch:
> 
> Almost every time it prints a page the margins are
> incorrect.  The image is shifted down by about
> 50 points and shifted right by about 8 points.
> It is, alas, not a consistent error; very
> occasionally the margins are correct.  This happens
> for the redhat test page and for the TeX testpage,
> and for other text pages I've printed, all of which
> print correctly on my older (FC1) machine, with
> identical printer configurations on both machines.
> 
> I've looked at the (~300 line) error logs on both
> machines (in the /var/log/cups directory), obtained
> by setting "LogLevel debug" in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf,
> but can see no hints from those as to what might be
> mis-behaving.
> 
> Does anyone have suggestions for what might be going
> on, or what I might try to track down this glitch?
> 
> I'm at a loss for what to try next.  I don't know if
> it's a cups problem, or a ghostscript problem or a
> foomatic problem or a kernel problem.  It does not
> seem likely to be a printer problem since everything
> works like a charm on my old machine.
> 
> I can supply copies of the error logs or of the key
> lines in my cupsd.conf files if those might be
> helpful.
> 
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
> 
>         -- Peter
> 
> p.s. I also have an Epson Stylus C88 printer, which
> behaves in exactly the same way as the C86 printer.
>