Problem with renderer command

[Helge Blischke]

Kenneth Dalbjerg wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> I have i Debian Box, stable with HP Deskjet 5550, wired to the box with USB.
> 
> But when iam trying to print i get nothing out, my error_log:
> http://home.dalbjerg.nu/download/error_log
> 
> It say:
>   [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] renderer PID kid4=18010
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] renderer command: gs -q -dBATCH
> -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs
> -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="deskjet 5550"
> -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792 -dDuplex=false -r300
> -sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2
> -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=- -
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] JCL: <job data>
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] renderer
> return value: 255
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] renderer received signal: 255
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] tail process done writing data to STDOUT
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] KID4 finished
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] Closing
> renderer
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] KID4 exited with status 0
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] KID3 exited with status 1
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] Renderer exit stat: 1
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] Process dying with "The renderer command
> line returned an unrecognized error code 255.", exit stat: 1
> D [21/Nov/2004:14:45:12 +0100] The renderer command line returned an
> unrecognized error code 255.
> 
> But what is there error in that command, and where should i change it?
> 
> Regards Kenneth Dalbjerg

Whenever you encounter proglems with foomatic-rip, set the
foomatic-rip's own
logging (e.g. set "$debug = 1;" in the script itself or "debug: 1" in 
foomatic's config file (usually /etc/foomatic/filter.conf). Then it
should
write a file
	/tmp/foomatic-rip.log
which contains all the debug messages, and a file
	/tmp/foomatic-rip.ps
which contains the PostScript stuff that goes into the renderer.

Both seem to be essential for diagnosting seemingly weird behaviour.

Helge


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