[cups.general] Mac-generated PDF doesn't print.

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Mon Dec 4 10:38:15 PST 2006


Bill Moseley wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 08:44:03AM -0500, Helge Blischke wrote:
> 
>>The PDF is OK and prints fine at our site. As you use the gutenprint
>>approach for your canon printer, check if you have the proper ghostscript
>>installed.
> 
> 
> Thank you very much for checking.
> 
> I have two printers.  One is the printer where the job does not print
> and it is a HP 4ML laserjet *postscript* printer.
> 
> The other is a Epson photo USB which works.
> 
> Sorry, I wish I knew more about printing, but is ghostscript still
> used when printing directly to a Postscript printer?
> 
> $ dpkg -l | grep Ghost
> ii  gs-common                             0.3.11                              Common files for different Ghostscript relea
> ii  gs-esp                                8.15.3.dfsg.1-1                     The Ghostscript PostScript interpreter - ESP
> ii  gs-gpl                                8.54.dfsg.1-5                       The GPL Ghostscript PostScript interpreter
> ii  gsfonts                               8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre41-1            Fonts for the Ghostscript interpreter(s)
> ii  gsfonts-x11                           0.20                                Make Ghostscript fonts available to X11
> 

If it *really* a HP 4ML native PostScript printer, it should work correctly.
Could you post (an URL to) this printer's PPD and specify how this printer has been configured
with CUPS?

Helge


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