Ubuntu 8.10 doesn't print documents containing some characters

Ian B Christie · 04-19-2009, 08:08 AM

I can't get my HP Laserjet 4MV to print documents if they contain graphical characters such as bullets, arrows, boxes. It doesn't matter if i am printing from OpenOffice, Acrobat, or any other client they just don't print. The printer behaves perfectly in all respects: the printer display shows the correct document, the print queue shows it, lights flash as per normal on the printer but no paper feeds through. Any suggestions?

Ian B Christie · 04-21-2009, 06:31 AM

I've investigated further and installed the latest version of HPLIP. Still won't print graphical characters. Is there any way I can re-install the firmware in the printer itself? I have seen instructions for Mac OSX and Windows to do this but nothing for Linux (Ubuntu). Any suggestions at all might be helpful.
Ian