[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #3336: problem with unsupported postscript version 3 (on an Infotec ISC 2525)

[Helge Blischke]

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> Hi,
> I'm having problem forcing CUPS to send PostScript version 2, not 3 to my
> printer Infotec ISC 2525. Even if I print a version 2 .PS file, it gets
> converted to 3 and I always get the PostScript source printed (with a
> staircase effect). I'm quite sure that happens because my printer does not
> support PS3, only PS2.
> 
> To install this printer I used the following PPD:
> 
> http://www.openprinting.org/foomatic-db/db/source/PPD/Infotec/PS/Infotec-
ISC_2525_PS.ppd
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> from:
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> http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Infotec-ISC_2525
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> (see end of page)
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> I also tried to change:
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> *LanguageLevel: "3"
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> to:
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> *LanguageLevel: "2"
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> before installation but nothing changes as if this directive is ignored:
> CUPS keeps sending PostScript version 3 files.
> 
> OS: Debian 5.0
> cups Version: 1.3.8-1+lenny6
> 
> PS: I have the same problem in latest Mac OS X with the driver supplied by
> the vendor:
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> http://support.aficio.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/inf/model/mpc25/mpc25en.htm
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> (direct link of the driver I used:
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http://support.aficio.com/bb/pub_e/dr_ut_e/0001144/0001144025/V100/I27643L9.dmg)
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> This printer seems to work only when using the PCL driver under Linux and
> Windows. Since there is no PCL driver for Mac OS X the only way to make it
> work would be by using PostScript. That's the reason I want to use it as a
> PostScript printer and I'm asking about forcing CUPS to generate version 2
> PostScript prints, not 3. Is there a way?
> 
> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3336
> Version: 1.3.8

The openprinting database tells me that Postscript is optional for this 
printer (and then it *is* level 3).
For the non-PostScript version the PPD specifies conversion to pcl-xl
(aka pcl6). You "simply" need to install foomatic-rip on your MacOS X
box (try to get the version 3.xx one; that is easier - no compilation
needed) as well as a fairly recent version of Ghostscript (the latest 
is 8.70).

Helge