hi thies, xpdf is not intended as an alternativ only to see if the bug lures inside the printer or the ps code. If you suspect acroread it my be interessting to compare the output of a unix acroread with that of windows.
Dont forget to disable all nifty features and send the output directly to the printer. walter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: Thies Meincke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: LPRng: program to validate postscript? Date: 08/14/03 17:03 I have not used xpdf as replacement for acroread so far. Most of our users have Windows OS. As far as I know, xpdf is for X-window systems only and thus would be an alternative for UNIX or Linux users. Thies Meincke On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > can you compare that with xpdf ps output ? i had it that > acroread output resulted in 1 page where xpdf output was printed flawless. > > > walter > > > > > Hi, > > I think this is a general problem for PS files created from pdf by > acroread, as I have the same problem > with our Lexmark printers. In some cases ps2ps helped, mostly however gs > crashed with an error message like > "ERROR: typecheck" > "OFFENDING COMMAND: where" > > A workaround is to use the option "print as image" (or so, as I have a > German version only, there the option is called "als Bild drucken" which > means "print as image") in acroread. > With this option set I have not seen any problems so far. > > Regards, > > Thies Meincke > > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Toby Blake wrote: > > > Is there such a thing? > > > > We're having problems with some (HP) printers complaining about the > > postscript in certain files (generally generated by acroread), but > > other (also HP) printers print the same file OK. > > > > So, what I want to do, for any particular file, is be able to run it > > through something that will at least be able to tell me whether it's a > > valid PS file, so I can get some idea whether it's the printers > > postscript emulation or the file that's the problem. > > > > Thanks > > Toby Blake > > University of Edinburgh > > +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ > | Thies Meincke | Tel. : 040/42838-6355 (BN: 0.42838-6355) | > | Universitaet Hamburg | Fax : 040/42838-6270 (BN: 0.42838-6270) | > | Regionales Rechenzentrum | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Schlueterstr. 70 | URL : http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/ | > | 20146 Hamburg | RRZ/Personal/TMeincke.html | > +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. 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