Hi, finally I got two pdf files that are converted to bad ps-code by acroread version 5.0 (as well as for unix as for windows). The conversion to ps by xpdf (version 0.92, which in running on my linux system) however is ok for our Lexmark printers.
Regards, Thies 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. 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | 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. 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
