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

The print margins problem (described below) seems now solved.
I downloaded gutenprint-5.0.0-rc3.tar.bz2, configured it with
configure --with-cups --with-foomatic --with-ghostscript --with-user-guide \
--with-escputil --disable-translated-cups-ppds,
built it with make; make install (which required a few "-devel" packages
to provide some missing libraries), restarted cups, and now
"system-config-printer" finds the EPSON C86 printer and the 
"gutenprint-ijs-simplified.5.0" driver (by default), and everything
works perfectly.

I'm posting this just in case others might experience similar
problems.

     -- Peter Scott <[email protected]>

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Peter
Scott) writes:
> 
> 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.
> >