Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> writes: > On 10/9/2022 8:03 AM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote: >> Hi all, >> >>> I use LuaMetaTeX 2.10 20220918 + ConTeXt LMTX 2022.09.11. >>> >>> Here's a tiny test document, I disabled PDF compression but it also >>> doesn't work with the default settings. >>> >>> \setupbackend[level=0,compresslevel=0] >>> \starttext >>> Just a line of text. >>> \stoptext >>> >>> When I print this "directly" (i.e. sending the raw PDF to the printer) >>> on a Ricoh MP3053 or on a Samsung CLP-680DW, I just get an empty page. >> Just to add some more data points, I tested the attached MkXL file >> on >> two printers, and the file printed perfectly on both. >> Printer 1: >> Brother HL-3170CDW >> Printed via running "cat test.mkxl.pdf | nc Colour-Printer.local 9100" >> Printer 2: >> HP M227f LaserJet >> Printed from the PDF file on a USB stick >> Neither printer is anything fancy; they're both fairly >> inexpensive home >> laser printers. I've got a much older Brother laser printer that I may be >> able to test with next week. >> Sorry I can't be of more help. > Leah and I are zooming in on the issue. It might relate to wrong font > matrix default behavior in the pdf printer driver, and GS got a fix > for that long ago, so maybe old printers with not-updated drivers can > be affected. > > Once we're confident that we can catch it Leah (who does the low level > introspective testing with viewers, printers and tools) likely will > report on it and there will be a test file for users to test if what > we do is okay before we apply the safeguard.
There's a write up now on the issue: https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2022/10/50-blank-pages-or-black-box-debugging-of-pdf-rendering-in-printers.html -- Leah Neukirchen <l...@vuxu.org> https://leahneukirchen.org/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : https://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
