Hi Walter, I'll run a few tests as soon as I get some example pdf files showing this phenomenon with acroread under Unix/Linux (I have a "microsoft-free" environment here fortunately).
The original question (a program to validate postscript) still in unanswered, I think. At least a syntax checker for postscript would be necessary, if there is a defined "standard" postscript. I found a reference to a postscript language reference manual by Adobe called "the red and white book", that's all. Regards, Thies On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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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