problem with certain pdf's

[Helge Blischke]

Anonymous wrote:
> I am having difficulty printing certain pdf files on certain printers via cups.
> When going through cups the printer(s) both new Kyocera and older HP models refuse to print and the queue gets hung.
> 
> And when I try to send the file directly to the printer's 9100 port using netcat (i.e. nc ) various things can happen:
> 1) On the older HP 4050TN the printer prints a bit of it and then hangs requiring cancel job and reboot.
> 2) On the newer Kyoceras part of the document will print but not all of it.
> 
> On one printer I get the error message:
> --------------------------------------------------
> ERROR: syntaxerror
> OFFENDING COMMAND: --nostringval--
> 
> STACK:
> 
> -savelevel-
> --------------------------------------------------
> An example of the file is at
> http://www.aps.uoguelph.ca/~bszk/cupspykota-lj245-mfan-35598
> 
> Can anyone help with this?
> 
> Bill Szkotnicki bszk at uoguelph.ca
> 

I just tested your sample file using both CUPS and ftp for a level 2 HP printer. Both variants 
printed ok all 11 pages.

Please sive some more details on your installation (CUPS version, printer's configuration etc.).

Helge

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Helge Blischke
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