[Scribus] 1.1.7 - PS Level 2 - why not PStill to simplify ?

[Peter Linnell]

Hi Celio,

On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 14:14, Celio Santos wrote:
> Hi Peter and ALL at Scribus,
> 
> I have been using  PStill ( very succesfully even with other DTP 
> software and  some weird files from {urgh...}Corel )  to simplify the PS 
> Level 3 to PS Level 2 for use in laser printers and old imagesetters 
> that have severe llimitation on Virtual Memory.

Good recommendation. I will try it.
> 
> I think that it is not a fault from Scribus but a fault from the 
> manufacturers that use outdated interpreters.

In some cases, I suspect improperly written PPDs too. cupstestppd is a
command line to check their syntax.
> 
> Regards and Cheers for the V1.1.7
> 
> Celio Santos
> celio at electronic.srv.br
> www.electronic.srv.br
> 
> >------------------------------
> >Message: 9
> >Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 23:31:58 -0400
> >From: Peter Linnell <scribusdocs at atlantictechsolutions.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Scribus] 1.1.7
> >Hi,
> >On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 06:54, Malte Cornils wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Monday 07 June 2004 04:41, Peter Linnell wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>I compiled the version 1.1.7 on a stock Mandrake 10 Official box
> >>>>with no problems except that I can't print to my HPLJ1300 anymore.
> >>>>The printer labors a while and nothing comes out.
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>The reason is Scribus is generating PS3 level objects which the PS
> >>>interpreter is unable to understand.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>It would be way cool if there would be an option in the prefs to not generate 
> >>Lvl 3 objects even when the PPD says they're allowed.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >This is an issue we are looking at:  a "flattener" for PDF 1.4/PS3
> >objects, like blends, transparency etc. It is less a simple option to
> >put %PS-2 in the postscript stream, it involves a lot of complex image
> >conversion in some cases.
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>This is a frequent issue with Black and White laser jets when printing from
> >>>Desktop Publishing Apps - I've seen this with LJ4 and 5, as well as newer
> >>>HP 2xxx printers with Pagemaker, Quark Xpress and Indesign.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Yes, and it's ugly - the printers don't show any specific reason why they stop 
> >>working...
> >>

Cheers,
Peter