[cups.bugs] [MOD] STR #1348: Problem with printing/rendering postscript from WordPerfect in Mandriva 2006.0

[Mark A. Davis]

[STR New]

Summary: Problem with rendering postscript from WordPerfect in Ghostscript
8.15/CUPS under Mandriva 2006.0

I noticed that I was unable to print from Linux WordPerfect 8 under
Mandriva 2006.0. I use a color postscript printer driver in WP, and call
cups, which calls ghostscript, which then renders to my HP PSC2210
printer.  Nothing has changed in WP8 for many years and I have
successfully used the same setup for printing in Mandrake 8 through 10.2. 
2006.0 is the first time I have had problems.  The version is:
ghostscript-8.15-21mdk.

If I print the output to a file, and trying printing that from the command
line, the results are the same.  I have attached the "wptest.ps" file for
testing.

Cups reports the following:
-----------
I [06/Nov/2005:20:06:57 -0500] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip
(PID32647) for job 3.
I [06/Nov/2005:20:06:57 -0500] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp
(PID 32648) for job 3.
E [06/Nov/2005:20:07:00 -0500] PID 32647 stopped with status 3!
-----------

I turned on debugging and have attached that as a file called
"cupserrors.txt".

To eliminate CUPS, I tried using ps2pdf, since that will also use
ghostscript but not CUPS.  The results are:

-----------
[root at kram ~]# ps2pdf test.ps
Error: /configurationerror in --setpagedevice--
Additional information: [/DeferredMediaSelection true]
Operand stack:
   --nostringval--   --dict:2/2(L)--
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--  
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--  
--nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3
 
%oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2  
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push  
--nostringval--   2   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
 
--nostringval--   --dict:1/2(L)--   --nostringval--   1   %dict_continue
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1117/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:82/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
Current file position is 17554
ESP Ghostscript 815.01: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
-----------

I have verified the problem is not my particular machine by replicating
the exact same results on another Mandriva 2006.0 machine.  I also
verified that wptest.ps has no trouble printing, displaying (gv), or
converting (ps2pdf) on a Mandriva 10.2 machine, ghostscript-8.15-16mdk. 
Note that both are using 8.15, just a different Mandriva build.

I also tested generating postscript in WordPerfect 8 using its generic
"Passthru Postscript" driver, and that prints/renders file.  I don't use
that driver, because it is not color.  Long ago, I took a WP "HP color
laserjet 5 PS" and used ptr to remove the PJL preambles and created
"hp2200ps.prs", which has always worked great with modern HP inkjet
printers + CUPS.  If you select the stock, WP, "HP color laserjet 5 PS" in
WP, save the PS to a file, and try to print it, you get the exact same
error as with my modified WP driver.

This bug was reported on qa.mandriva.com:
http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19953

This bug was reported on bugs.ghostscript.com:
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688401

This bug was reported to cups.org based on the request of Till Kamppeter  
 from qa.mandriva.org

Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1348
Version: 8.15-current
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