PostScript problem with Xerox Phaser 6280DN

[Steve Kleene]

> 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
>

I have posted the two files as follows:

  http://syrano.acb.uc.edu/tmp/good.ps
  http://syrano.acb.uc.edu/tmp/bad.ps

As you would guess, good.ps was made from acroread by selecting printer
laserjet_4_plus.  bad.ps was made by selecting Phaser_6280DN.  Thanks for
taking a look.