[cups.general] Zero Page Documents (DCTDecodeFilter Error)

[Paul Ortman]

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Helge Blischke wrote:
> The error messages come from the printer itself (via the backchannel handler of the socket
> backend). I tested the PDF with some printers at our site and got the same error message as you 
> on a HP 5000 printer (PostScript level 2, not an Adobe RIP); the other level2 and level 3 printers
> I tested it on printed the file OK.

The original printer was a HP 4000 series and I was using the PS driver.
 I've since been able to print the problem files on a several other
printers (HP 4250 and HP 5100).

> At the bottom line: it is an issue of the printer you used. If you can't get a firmware update, 
> you only can buy another printer.

That definitely stinks.  The HP 4000 doesn't support firmware updates,
so I'm afraid I'm up a creek on this one.  Would changing the driver
possibly improve the situation (PCL)?  Could I force PS2 instead of PS3,
and would that make a difference?

Thanks for your help.  I didn't know where that error was being
generated or where to even begin looking.

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Paul Ortman

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