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

[upscope]

Helge Blischke wrote:

> 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
Helge thanks for response. I not running with openSUSE 11.2 right now, I 
lost my whole home directory and my seperate backup drive yesterday from 
something. I switched to my test installation of openSUSE 11.3 RC1 and have 
not experienced any problems so far with cups so maybe its gone, also uses 
different PPD. I will give it a few days If it comes back I will open a new 
thread. 

Thanks again.