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[Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 16 February 2008 23:06:58 Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Saturday 16 February 2008 12:02, Stan Goodman wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 February 2008 19:07:18 Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > > On Saturday 16 February 2008 08:53, Stan Goodman wrote:
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > The printer is Brother HL-1250. It is on the network, connected
> > > > through a H-P 175x external print server.
> > >
> > > A quick check on the Web suggests this is not a PostScript-capable
> > > printer.
> >
> > I would be happy to get it to print the same files as it printed
> > without complaint until a few weeks ago. What I have been trying to
> > print are plain text files, e.g. from Kmail and Kwriter,  and HTML
> > files.
>
> Yes, but it certainly is a clue that PostScript is being sent to a
> printer that is not capable of interpreting PostScript.
>
> > > Perhaps the problem is in the stand-alone print server?
> >
> > The problem appeared while I was still using a print server that has
> > since malfunctioned under warranty, H-P has replaced it with a new
> > one, and the behavior is the same. In other words, what you suggest
> > would require that both devices have the same fault. Anything is
> > possible, but that seems far fetched.
>
> I'm not saying print server has a problem, but rather that its
> configuration is the source or a contributing factor in the problem
> you're experiencing.
>
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > The printing at the top is like so:
> > > >
> > > > %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> > > >               %%BoundingBox: 0 0 420 595
> > > >                          %%HiResBoundingBox: 0 0 419.55 595.25
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > The print spooler is sending PostScript to the printer. Either the
> > > printer does not support it or the spooler is not sending the
> > > proper preamble to switch the printer from it's default language
> > > (probably PCL) to PostScript.
> > >
> > > > I do not know why it speaks of Adobe 3.0. That has to be a
> > > > remnant from something from long-ago in another OS.
> > >
> > > This is the software that generated the print job saying that it is
> > > encoded using PostScript Level 3.
> >
> > Impossible. The only copy of Acroreader on the machine is v8.
> > Acroreader v3 is antediluvian software, and has never been in this
> > openSuSE v10.3 installation. To be certain of that, I have done <find
> > -name "acro*>. .
>
> Huh? I didn't say anything about Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader (of any
> version). I said the document being sent to the printer identifies
> itself as being PostScript Level 3.

Right. I saw "Adobe", jumped to a conclusion, and interpreted it as the 
reader. Unforgivable, but I understand it now.
> Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader _don't work with PostScript_, they work
> with PDF. PostScript and PDF, while related, are completely distinct
> things.
>
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > It seems like there's some serious malconfiguration in your
> > > printing system. You could start over and define a new printer
> > > configuration for this device?
> >
> > Another possibility that suggests itself is that something is
> > converting innocent plain-text files into Postscript on the way to
> > the printer. It would have to be something old enough to remember
> > Acroreader v3.0.
>
> Again, Adobe Reader and / or Adobe Acrobat have _nothing to do with
> this_.
>
> And if some element of the print system believes the printer it is
> targeting is a PostScript printer, then naturally it is going to
> convert anything being printed on that device (from the the plainest of
> text to the fanciest of graphics-laden, typographically refined
> documents) into PostScript. That is how _all_ printing is done with
> PostScript printers.
>
>
> That's why I'm suggesting that something in your system has been
> mis-configured as if your Brother printer is a PostScript printer.
>
> > ...
> > Stan Goodman
>
> Randall Schulz



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Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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