PostScript problem with Xerox Phaser 6280DN

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Wed Dec 30 10:05:28 PST 2009


Steve Kleene wrote:

> What follows may not be a CUPS problem, but I think someone here will
> understand it in any case.
> 
> I am trying to get CUPS working with a new Xerox Phaser 6280DN color laser
> printer connected by USB.  The OS is Debian Lenny.  The PPD (from Xerox)
> is
> installed as /etc/cups/ppd/Phaser_6280DN.ppd.  The printer definition at
> http://localhost:631/ looks OK.  I can successfully print jobs from Linux
> with a command such as this:
> 
>   lpr -P Phaser_6280DN test.pdf
> 
> However, if I print to the Phaser from acroread 8.1.7-0.1, the printout is
> a
> page that is blank except for 5 lines of PostScript errors.  To
> investigate,
> I used the "Print to File" feature of acroread.  I found that the file
> created depends on whether the printer selected ("Name") is the old
> laserjet_4_plus or the new Phaser_6280DN.  The PostScript file made for
> the Phaser is very different, can't be viewed in gv (which uses the
> ghostscript interpreter), and gives the error page if sent to the Phaser
> directly with
> lpr.  The one made for the old Laserjet works in gv and prints OK when
> sent
> via lpr.  Both PostScript files are LanguageLevel 3.  The one made for the
> Phaser has an extra comment at the top:
> 
> %%TargetDevice: (Phaser 6280DN) (3017.104) 1
> 
> A similar line appears in /etc/cups/ppd/Phaser_6280DN.ppd:
> 
> *PSVersion: "(3017.104) 1"
> 
> Ultimately I'd like to be able to print from acroread.  Just what is
> happening when I get the two different PostScript files?  When I invoke
> lpr directly, does that bypass the Phaser PPD file?
> 
> Thanks.
 
I suspect it is an Adobe Reader proglem.
Please post (an URL to) the PostScript file your Adobe Reader generates.

Helge





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