> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 4 15:28:58 2002 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 17:32:31 -0600 > From: Peter Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Peter Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: LPRng & IFHP > > Patrick, > > Good news. I was able to get my filter program to work by specifying it > as the ps_converter in ifhp.conf. It previously failed because the > values of GS_LIB and GS_FONTPATH weren't available to the shell > executing the gs command. That was easily remedied by specifying them as > switches to the gs command and thus not depending on the environment. > > The bad news is that the converted postscript doesn't print in its > entirety although it displays perfectly ok using 'gv'. For example, I > converted a level 3 file automatically, but only 2 of 14 pages were > printed and there was no indication of error: > > Filter_status: pagecounter 0 at 04:25:14.905 > Filter_status: sending job file at 04:25:14.906 > Filter_status: starting transfer at 04:25:14.906 > Filter_status: initial job type 'POSTSCRIPT' at 04:25:14.906 > Filter_status: decoded job type 'POSTSCRIPT' at 04:25:14.906 > Filter_status: job type 'POSTSCRIPT', converter > '/usr/share/LPRng/lang_filter/ps2psl1' at 04:25:14.906 > Filter_status: started CONVERTER- 'ps2psl1' at 04:25:14.907 > Filter_status: converter done, output 1330175 bytes at 04:25:20.533 > Filter_status: transferring 1330175 bytes at 04:25:20.533 > Filter_status: 25 percent done at 04:27:44.742 > Filter_status: 50 percent done at 04:28:37.425 > Filter_status: 76 percent done at 04:29:30.207 > Filter_status: data sent at 04:30:19.472 > Filter_status: sent job file at 04:30:19.472 > Filter_status: pagecounter 0, pages 0 at 04:30:19.472 > Filter_status: done at 04:30:19.473 > > I don't see anything suspicious in this lpq query, do you? My suspicion > is that gs is doing a conversion that results in level 1 images which > are too big for my printer's memory, but pose no problem for gv running > on my 192 MB host. Looks like more detective work is needed. :-( > Thanks for your help. > > Peter Stein >
You have a 13Mbyte GhostScript file? Ummm... just how much memory do you have in the printer? You probably will need at least 64 megabytes just to handle the rasterization. Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
