Increasingly frequent error "foomatic-rip failed"

Richard Rasker rasker at linetec.nl
Wed Sep 23 04:13:34 PDT 2009


> Richard Rasker wrote:

[snip problems with foomatic-rip]

> Please post (an URL to) the PS jobs in question. From your error log
> snippets, it is clear that Ghostscript complained on PostScript errors.
> Without looking into these jobs, it is not possible do do further
> investigation.

Assuming that those PS jobs are the files found in /var/spool/cups:

http://www.linetec.nl/linux/d00906-001
(the failed Google Maps print job)

http://www.linetec.nl/linux/d00907-001
(the failed PDF print job)

> And, do not forget to post the PPD(s) you used, as there
> might be PS snippets defined that, insertet into the job, caused the
> error(s).

Here's the PPD file:
http://www.linetec.nl/linux/epson_epl-5700.ppd

I hope this is all the necessary information. And oh, thank you already for the swift reply!

Best regards,

Richard Rasker






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