[cups.bugs] [CRIT] STR #2080: pstops outputs invalid PS
Helge Blischke
h.blischke at srz.de
Mon Nov 6 06:08:17 PST 2006
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> (rhbz#213996)
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> The pstops CUPS filter gives bad PS output for the attached PS input file
> when given 'number-up=2' for options.
>
> Print this file with 'lp -onumber-up=2'.
>
> E [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] /syntaxerror in
> --%ztokenexec_continue--
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] Operand stack:
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] --nostringval-- --nostringval--
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] Execution stack:
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] %interp_exit .runexec2
> --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push
> --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1
> %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3
> %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval--
> --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval--
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] Dictionary stack:
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] --dict:1129/1686(ro)(G)--
> --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:101/200(L)--
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] Current allocation mode is local
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] Last OS error: 2
> D [06/Nov/2006:12:40:51 +0000] [Job 89] ESP Ghostscript 815.02:
> Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
>
> The attached PostScript file comes from printing an OpenOffice.org Impress
> document on Fedora Core 6 with 'Pages per sheet' set to 2. This
> PostScript was obtained by taking it from the /var/spool/cups/d* file.
>
> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2080
> Version: 1.2.5
> Attachment: http://www.cups.org/strfiles/2080/input.ps
>
It is a known issue (at least to us at our site) that OO 2.0
generates PostScript output that PRETENDS to be DSC conformant
BUT IS NOT.
As a workaround I'd suggest to create a PDF from it and print that.
Helge
PS: According to a recent post of Michael Sweet, they WILL NOT
support non DSC conformant PostScript jobs. Perhaps you could file
a bug to the OO crew.
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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de
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