On 02/11/2004 11:02 PM, Johannes Meixner wrote:
D ... Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops
This is a Ghostscript error. Try whether or not the above renderer command works in a pipe on the command line with a clean PostScript input as follows:
cat /usr/share/doc/packages/ghostscript/examples/colorcir.ps \ | gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE \ -sDEVICE=bjc600 -dBitsPerPixel=1 -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK \ -sOutputFile=- - \ | cat >/tmp/gs.out
If the above command worked for you you can send the result to the printer with a command like cat /tmp/gs.out >/dev/lp0
This did not work either. But it helped.
... Every type of job I have tried fails (i.e. pdf from Acrobat, Mozilla printing through Kprinter and directly, command line, etc.).
This is strange because Ghostscript errors are usually caused by broken PostScript (or PDF) input.
Well, this was a strange problem. I am pretty sure I got it though.
D ... Error: /invalidfont in findfont D ... Operand stack: D ... bigFont Helvetica-Bold Font Helvetica-Bold 439086 Helvetica-Bold --nostringval-- Courier (Courier) Courier
Again a Ghostscript error. Here it fails to find fonts.
For me it looks as if your Ghostscript stuff is broken. I may help to remove and re-install all Ghostscript packages: ghostscript-library ghostscript-x11 ghostscript-fonts-std ghostscript-fonts-other
I tried reinstalling the above, but no change. I started checking which packages had been installed since I was last able to print. Turns out kde 3.2 was installed after I last successfully printed. Tried a different user- printing worked. Tried mv .kde.kde to start with fresh kde settings (but not seeing how the other printing methods could be affected), but it did not change. I compared my home directory to other users on the machine. I cleaned out temp, still wouldn't print. I noticed 2 files in mine (that might be related) not in the others, .kderc and .lpoptions. I renamed .kderc and deleted .lpoptions. I suspect the .lpoptions file was it, but at least now after how many hours of searching and testing, I can print as my normal user again. I don't know how I got the file, or why or what it did, but I am happy. Thanks very much for your help Johannes for helping me through the "I think I tried everything and have run out of ideas" stage. Much appreciated. Now, to get to printing.... -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.