Postscript prints as text when coming from app, but OK when coming from file.

[Helge Blischke]

Robert Washburne wrote:

>> Robert Washburne wrote:
>>
>> > Issue
>> > =====
>> > Using the Print command from Firefox, OpenOffice3, etc. sends a
>> > Postscript file to the printer which prints out as Postscript source
>> > rather than the requested page.
>> >
>> > If I tell Firefox to Print-to-File it creates a Postscript file.  If I
>> > then print that file using "lp -d printername filename" the file prints
>> > correctly and I get my web page printed.
>> >
>> > I cannot find any difference between the source which printed out and
>> > the file.
>> >
>> > Environment
>> > ===========
>> > HP LaserJet 4000 tn network printer with JetDirect card.  IP on same
>> > LAN as server. Printer personality set to Auto. Server is Sunfire x86
>> > architecture running Solaris 10u7 CUPS 1.3.10 precompiled for Solaris
>> > x86 from blastwave.org
>> >
>> > I can print any plain text file with "lp -d printername filename"
>> > I can take any plain text file and convert it to a Postscript file with
>> > "enscript"  Any Postscript file, including those made with enscript,
>> > sent to printer with "lp -d printername filename" prints correctly.
>> > Only when I request that something print directly from an application
>> > does it come out in Postscript source.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any suggestions?  I am running out of hair to pull
>> > out.
>> > :-)
>> > TIA!  Bob W.
>>
>> For a first diagnosis step, set the log level to debug, print something
>> from your firefox or OOo 3, and post (an URL to) the respective portion
>> of the cups error_log.
>>
>> Helge
>>
> Thank you, Helge, for the suggestion.  Unfortunately, it didn't show
> anything we didn't already know.
> 
> I requested two jobs, one a simple Postscript file which printed correctly
> and a print request from Firefox which printed as source text.  The debug
> output from the two were identical until about a hundred lines down.
> 
> First, argv[0]-argv[6] are displayed then envp[0]-envp[24].  It includes
> this line: D [07/Jan/2010:15:02:52 +0500] [Job 17]
> envp[21]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/postscript" Then the comments and
> prolog are examined and then the argv and envp lines are repeated, but
> this time the line looks like this:
> 
> D [07/Jan/2010:15:02:52 +0500] [Job 17] envp[21]="CONTENT_TYPE=text/plain"
> 
> For the file which worked, all of the debug lines are identical, but the
> content type remains application/postscript.  No indication is given as to
> why the content type should change for the one case but not the other.
> 
> Unfortunately, I do not have a URL to post the logs to.  But I have
> extracted the parts containing just these two jobs and they are quite
> small.  I can email them to whoever would like to look at them.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Bob W.

Robert,

you may e-mail the log to me to 
h dot blischke at acm dot org .

Helge