I am baffled here... It looks like a GhostScript failure. This is what
happens when GhostScript encounters bad postscript.
Anybody else have any ideas?
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 23 13:42:32 2003
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:24:18 -0600
> From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: lprng list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: LPRng: conversion failure
>
> I have two laptops on a LAN. Both print to a deskjet 3820
> which is attached to a third host. All three boxes have lprng
> *.debs installed. Printing worked great until recently, perhaps
> beginning on the date I upgraded one laptop from potato
> to woody.
>
> Now, the upgraded laptop prints 'lpr /etc/motd' fine, but no
> longer prints properly from Staroffice or Acrobat, instead
> printing:
>
> Conversion failed for type ''
> Using '/usr/bin/gs -dSAFER -dPARANOIDSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q '-sOutputFile=
> /dev/fd/3' 3>&1 1>&2 -sPAPERSIZE=letter -sDEVICE=cdj550 -'
> Error: 'Converter exited with status 'exit status 1''
>
> However, 'lpq -L' indicates JSUCC exit status for these jobs.
>
> The lprng, ifhp, gs-aladdin versions are identical on both laptops,
> as are the /etc/lprng/* and ifhp.conf files, and the SysV lprng
> init script (identical on both laptops) set PATH.
>
> Based on my rudimentary understanding of lprng, and because it
> appears the 'Error:..' line is printed by ifhp.c, I concluded that
> problem is related to ifhp-3.5.10 configuration:
>
> I followed the debugging suggestions in the IFHP-HOWTO, replacing
> '/etc/motd' in 'send' with a Staroffice or pdf file. The resultant 'trace'
> output is identical for the two laptops, even with debug=2.
>
> What am I missing? TIA for your help!
>
> Here's a trace:
>
> ifhp 12:18:48.883 [291] main: Debug '1', DbgFlag 0x0
> ifhp 12:18:48.883 [291] main: dump <NULL>
> ifhp 12:18:48.883 [291] main: Model_id '<NULL>'
> ifhp 12:18:48.883 [291] main: LANG '<NULL>', 'TRANSLATE TEST' is 'TRANSLATE TEST
> '
> ifhp 12:18:48.939 [291] main: scanning Raw for default, then model '<NULL>'
> ifhp 12:18:49.050 [291] main: using model 'DEFAULT'
> Version ifhp-3.5.10
> $Id: ifhp.c,v 1.93 2002/06/22 01:05:12 papowell Exp papowell $
> Copyright 1992-2002 Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ifhp 12:18:49.051 [291] Open_device: device '/tmp/t'
> ifhp 12:18:49.051 [291] Open_device: closed fd 1
> ifhp 12:18:49.051 [291] Open_device: device '/tmp/t', attempt 0
> ifhp 12:18:49.074 [291] Open_device: success
> ifhp 12:18:49.074 [291] main: poll for status 0, Dev_sleep 1000 msec
> ifhp 12:18:49.076 [291] Process_job: setting up printer
> ifhp 12:18:49.076 [291] Start_of_job: do_pagecount 0, ps 0, pjl 0, prog '<NULL>'
> ifhp 12:18:49.076 [291] Do_accounting: pagecounter 0
> ifhp 12:18:49.076 [291] Accounting: script '<NULL>', Accountfile '<NULL>', outpu
> t 'filestart '-q291' '-p0' '-t2003-09-23-12:18:49.076''
> ifhp 12:18:49.076 [291] Start_of_job: doing 'init'
> ifhp 12:18:49.076 [291] Start_of_job: doing pjl
> ifhp 12:18:49.076 [291] Start_of_job: 'pjl_init'='[ info=id ustatus teoj ]'
> ifhp 12:18:49.077 [291] Start_of_job: 'pjl' and Zopts
> ifhp 12:18:49.077 [291] Start_of_job: 'pjl' and Topts
> ifhp 12:18:49.077 [291] Process_job: sending job file
> ifhp 12:18:49.077 [291] Send_job: starting transfer
> ifhp 12:18:49.077 [291] Use_file_util: pgm '/usr/bin/file -', value_len 512
> ifhp 12:18:49.077 [291] Use_file_util: file program = '/usr/bin/file -'
> ifhp 12:18:49.077 [291] Filter_file: started FILE_UTIL- 'file'
> ifhp 12:18:49.178 [291] Filter_file: converter pid 292, exit 'exit status 0'
> ifhp 12:18:49.178 [291] Filter_file: freeing pgm
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Filter_file: done freeing pgm
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Use_file_util: read 60, 'standard input: Mi
> crosoft Office document data
> '
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Use_file_util: file information = 'microsoft_office_docu
> ment_data'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: initial job type 'microsoft_office_document_da
> ta'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: match language 'msg'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: converter pgm 'no_converter', final 'no_conver
> ter'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: language 'msg', converter pgm 'no_converter'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: decoded job type 'msg'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: job type 'msg', converter 'no_converter'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: converter done, output 159 bytes
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: initial job type 'POSTSCRIPT'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: match language 'ps'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: converter pgm '\%s{ps_converter}', final '<NUL
> L>'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: language 'POSTSCRIPT', converter pgm '<NULL>'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: decoded job type 'POSTSCRIPT'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: job type 'POSTSCRIPT'
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Init_job: doing ps init
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Init_job: 'ps' and Topts
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Init_job: 'ps' and Zopts
> ifhp 12:18:49.179 [291] Send_job: doing file transfer
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: transferring 159 bytes
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: writing 8
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: total written 8
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: k total 8, change 0
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: read 151
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: read total 151
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: writing 151
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: total written 159
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: pc total 159, change 100%
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: 100 percent done
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Send_job: finished file transfer
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Term_job: doing ps term
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Process_job: sent job file
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] End_of_job: doing pjl at end
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] End_of_job: 'pjl_term'='[ ustatus teoj ]'
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] End_of_job: end sync and pagecount, do_pagecount 0, ps 0
> , pjl 0, prog '<NULL>'
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] End_of_job: clearing console at end
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Do_accounting: pagecounter 0, pages 0
> ifhp 12:18:49.180 [291] Accounting: script '<NULL>', Accountfile '<NULL>', outpu
> t 'fileend '-b0' '-T1' '-q291' '-p0' '-t2003-09-23-12:18:49.180''
> ifhp 12:18:49.181 [291] Process_job: done
>
>
> --
>
> Mark
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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