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

[Helge Blischke]

upscope wrote:

> 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.
> 
> I am having a similar problem with my Xerox Phaser 6120.It has been
> occuring since the previous version of Cups and openSUSE 11.1 (on 11.2
> now) See below. It happens when I try to print a web page from
> Konqueror. The printer prints an error page
> 
>  "Error Status"
> Error Name is :syntaxerror
> Offending operator: )
> Error info string: --nostringval--
> VM remaining: 33486761
> For detailed information: Refer to PostScript Language Reference
> Manual. Third Addition
> 
> Then has sections with Operand Stack, Execution Stack and Dictionary
> Stack. Not sure how to interpret the data. Also has section Program
> Continuation: section. Not sure what it means either.
> 
> cups-drivers-1.3.9-4.1.x86_64
> python-cups-1.9.42-5.1.x86_64
> cups-client-1.3.11-4.2.1.x86_64
> python-cupshelpers-1.1.12-2.1.x86_64
> cups-devel-1.3.11-4.2.1.x86_64
> cups-libs-1.3.11-4.2.1.x86_64
> cups-1.3.11-4.2.1.x86_64
> cups-libs-32bit-1.3.11-4.2.1.x86_64
> 
> If you find a cure, please post it.

This is obviously a completely different issue. Please open a new thread and 
tell more about your configuration (how the printer is configured etc.).

Helge