[CRIT] STR #1285: PS-Files generated by windowshave trailing ^M

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Fri Oct 7 05:17:04 PDT 2005


Stefan Hildenbrand wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> > [...] if it really is a HP 4200 DTN, is a printer that speask PostScript level 3 [...] there is no need whatsoever to use things like pstoraster [...]
> 
> I am aware of this fact, however, since printing without the pstoraster fails I have to have a workaround
> 
> > [...] get the latest cupsaddsmb [...]
> 
> I do have this version and used it to add printers!
> 
> > [...] sufficient diagnostic info [...] debug2 [...].
> 
> I posted three (error) files:
>  - http://www.staff.uni-bayreuth.de/~btat09/original_ppd
>  - http://www.staff.uni-bayreuth.de/~btat09/modmcups_ppd
>  - http://www.staff.uni-bayreuth.de/~btat09/modocups_ppd
> 
>  the first one is using an original ppd-file by hp
>  the second one is using a slightly modified ppd, including four cups-
>  statements, one of them being the directive to use the rasterizer
>  the third one is also the modified ppd, this time without the
>  rasterizer-directive (therefore only pstops will be used)
> 
>  the first one and the third one won't print (ps-error), only the second
>  one (with the rasterizer) works.
> 
> I could not find any problems in the errorfiles. These test have been carried out on a second (testing) cups&samba server, as our "real" cups server works well with the rasterizer.
> 
> Stefan

A first quick look into the logs showed nothing weird (except that you obviously are using a CUPS 1.2.x
snapshot, but the backchannel information from your pritner gets sidcarded).

A further look into your problem.ps page showed that it is not fully DSC compliant (there are PS 
statements between the %%EndSetup and the firsts %%Page: comment line. As this might cause garbage
produced by the pstops filter (we at our site use the "alternate pstops filter" which seems to be somewhat
safer with this respect), I#d suggest the following:

- enable printing to file as described in the mime.xxx and cupsd.conf comments.
- set up a printer with the original 4200 PPD but with the file backend instead of socket and
  make sure that all defaults are the same.
- print the problem page to this "printer" and save and post the resulting file, please.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
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