Interesting newline problems

[Brennon Church]

Sorry, the subject should have read "Interesting newline problems".

--Brennon

Brennon Church wrote:
> I have a cups/samba setup that I'm using to serve printers to Windows 
> and Linux clients.  I've found that I get an extra page and a postscript 
> error whenever anyone prints from the Windows systems through cups/samba 
> to one of my printers.  After dumping the jobs out to file and comparing 
> everything, it's come down to an issue with newline termination of the 
> postscript file that's getting sent to the printer.  If the file has a 
> newline character at the end (after the end of transmission ^D character 
> at the end of the postscript data), then the file will print without 
> error.  If it doesn't, I get a blank page and the following:
> 
> ERROR: undefined
> OFFENDING COMMAND:   userdict
> 
> STACK:
> 
> This is occurring on a Xerox Phaser 6250DP, and it only happens if I'm 
> printing through cups from Windows.  Printing directly to the Xerox from 
> Windows, using the same drivers as through cups/samba, doesn't give the 
> error.
> 
> Additionally, sending the same postscript file without the newline in it 
> (the inclusion of which causes the error on the Xerox) to my other 
> printer, an HP LaserJet 5si mx, works fine, without the blank and error 
> pages.
> 
> Has anyone else run across this problem?  I've been searching but 
> haven't yet found anything that quite matches this.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --Brennon