[Bug 210256] New: Ghostscript, ps2pdf produces ugly pdf, same problem when printing from kde to pdf
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 Summary: Ghostscript, ps2pdf produces ugly pdf, same problem when printing from kde to pdf Product: SUSE Linux 10.1 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Printing AssignedTo: jsmeix@novell.com ReportedBy: geroxp@web.de QAContact: jsmeix@novell.com When using ps2pdf or gs directly or through kde print to pdf dialog ugly pdfs are generated. The letters are "jumping" up and down. This problem is valid for ghostscript-esp-8.15.1 and ghostscript-esp-7.07.1. The following command was used to convert postscript to pdf: gs -dNOPLATFONTS -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=test.pdf -dSAFER -c .setpdfwrite -f pdfproblem.ps I can reproduce this on Suse 10.1 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #1 from geroxp@web.de 2006-10-05 09:40 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=100560) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=100560&action=view) Letter spacing and vertical position is ugly -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 jsmeix@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |werner@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |geroxp@web.de ------- Comment #2 from jsmeix@novell.com 2006-10-09 00:40 MST ------- Gero, please also provide the PostScript input (i.e. your pdfproblem.ps). I added our Ghostscript maintainer to Cc to have him informed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #3 from werner@novell.com 2006-10-09 03:12 MST ------- Broken font? Error: Bad bounding box in Type 3 glyph is what I'm aware on stderr if I view attachment #100560 with xpdf. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #4 from jsmeix@novell.com 2006-10-09 03:20 MST ------- Gero, please provide us with the info when you have also reported it on the CUPS site instead of letting us search for it by ourselves: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2010 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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------- Comment #5 from jsmeix@novell.com 2006-10-09 03:22 MST -------
For our information:
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Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:50:18 -0400
From: Helge Blischke
Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2010 Attachment: http://www.cups.org/strfiles/2010/gs8.pdf
The sample PDF looks good when viewed with Adobe Reader, and it prints OK. Which viewer/printer shows the "jumping" characters? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #6 from werner@novell.com 2006-10-09 03:41 MST ------- Hmmm ... I see the jumping letters also with acroread ... maybe Helge has some fonts more installed on his system wereas we see the result of a missing font which is emlutated by an other font. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 jsmeix@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|geroxp@web.de | Resolution| |INVALID ------- Comment #7 from jsmeix@novell.com 2006-10-09 04:34 MST ------- Comment #3 and comment #6 indicate that it is an invalid bug report because it seems either the font in the PDF is broken or it is missing at all so that an "ugly" replacement font must be used. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #8 from geroxp@web.de 2006-10-09 08:15 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=101006) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=101006&action=view) PDF created with Suse 10.1 fresh install, view with any pdf reader -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #9 from geroxp@web.de 2006-10-09 08:15 MST ------- Well, I can (at least with a fresh install of Suse 10.1 and recent updates) reproduce this behaviour: 1. Open Konqueror 2. Go to http://www.cnn.com 3. Print the page with kde's pdf printer (which is nothing else but ps2pdf, I think) 4. Watch the pdf either with kpdf (which is default viewer) or with acroread and you will see the jumping letters If thats the desired result, then let this bug be resolved :) see attachment, created with Suse 10.1. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #10 from geroxp@web.de 2006-10-09 08:23 MST ------- Johannes: It wasn't already active and public accessible on the cups site when I reported this bug, I would have added this information later today. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #11 from geroxp@web.de 2006-10-10 00:27 MST ------- I have investigated the problem further: The problem only occurs, when using kprinter to print the pdf OR generate a postscript-file which will be used to create a pdf. It could have something to do with kprinter itself or with GNU enscript (which is used by kprinter). When using Mozilla-Firefox to print to a cups-pdf printer (http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17636.html) this problem does not occur (while firefox uses its own postscript generator). When printing from a kde application or using kprinter we have again the mysterious jumping letters. As soon as I have more info on this I'll get back here. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #12 from jsmeix@novell.com 2006-10-10 00:56 MST ------- Then it is really invalid regarding Ghostscript and/or the printing system. But it is valid regarding KDE and/or whichever tool such problematic PostScript produces or perhaps one of our fonts is buggy. Gero, please file a new seperated bug report regarding KDE or whichever tool the problematic PostScript produces. Preferably with a description how to reproduce and one example file of such a problematic PostScript as attachment. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210256 ------- Comment #13 from geroxp@web.de 2006-10-10 01:09 MST ------- Created new bug #211235 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
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