On 12/6/11 12:35 AM, Jan Schrewe wrote: > On 6 December 2011 00:21, JLuc <jluc at no-log.org> wrote: > >> Le 05/12/2011 07:58, Peter Nermander a ?crit : >> >> I haven't followed all the discussions of printer problems in the past >>> because I haven't had a working printer at home for years so I've >>> always used PDF export. >>> >>> But what are the problems people have with printing? As far as I >>> understand it is almost always related to page scaling and or >>> rotation? Or are people also having big problems with colors and >>> fonts? >>> >> >> I am afraid it is a bit more general than just page scaling or rotation. >> >> I dont print often, but i remember on windows that the printed pages >> once had a white large vertical stripe instead of the right third of the >> page. >> >> Right now, on Ubuntu, when trying to print, i get nothing out of the >> printer, >> except a red flashing led on the Brother HL5250DN laserprinter >> (strangely, scribus nor linux dont detect the problem). >> > > I doubt there is a "real" (meaning invalid postscript) problem with what > you are trying to print. Printers usually discard the print job more or > less silently if they run out memory while rendering the page(s) they try > to raster. In the past I've had huge problems with postscript data taken > directly from ghostscript. They somehow do a horrible job on keeping the > generated postscript small and saving printer memory. Especially if there > are images involved. Strangely the PDF readers usually create stuff the > printer can handle much better. Though I don't understand enough about > postscript to really understand what's going on. But if you print to file > and compare the file size I'm pretty sure the ghostscript generated files > are mostly *a lot* bigger then the ones from the good PDF readers. > >
Don't forget, your printer needs to be able to understand postscript to be able to print it. Make sure you have the right driver / PPD file installed for the printer. Craig
