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

Stefan Hildenbrand stefan.hildenbrand at uni-bayreuth.de
Fri Oct 7 05:56:36 PDT 2005


I posted the output of the file-backend

www.staff.uni-bayreuth.de/~btat09/file_backend_output.ps

I do use a 1.2.x snapshot, as all these tests are now done on a different machine.

Thanks,
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
>
> --
> Helge Blischke
> Softwareentwicklung
> SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
> http://www.srz.de





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