[Scribus] Print problem in version 1.2.4-1
russbucket
russbucket
Sat Jan 14 23:39:58 CET 2006
On Saturday 14 January 2006 12:41, Craig Ringer wrote:
> russbucket wrote:
> > The error_log doesn't show much. Just this:
> > E [10/Jan/2006:16:12:22 -0800] PID 7024 stopped with status 0!
>
> Please turn on debug logging in CUPS and try again. I expect to see a
> GhostScript error, but it could be something else.
>
> Gregory Pittman wrote:
> > It's hard to believe this is a scribus problem. More likely a settings
> > problem.
>
> It could be, but it could also be newer Scribus versions generating
> PostScript output that CUPS chokes on, where older versions do not.
> lprng would pass the PostScript through unprocessed or use different
> filters which might not hit the problem.
>
> We can't write this report off without investigation.
>
> > Next thing might be to have Scribus print to a PS file, and see if you
> > can print that file outside of Scribus.
>
> Yep. Check if GSView can handle it, for example. If you don't have
> GSView, it's time to get it. `gv' and `ghostview' are not acceptable
> alternatives.
>
> Unfortunately even if you can view it OK it proves little, since (a) it
> won't have been generated with the PPD and CUPS settings used to
> generate the real print job, and (b) there's no guarantee that cups is
> using the same gs version and variant as gsview. Still, it's better than
> nothing.
>
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> Craig Ringer
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Craig, thanks for responding so fast. I need to review how to turn on the
debugging, then I'll try that. I'll also check the other items you mentioned.
I'll post again after I try this stuff. The previous release of Scribus
worked fine with my Epson printer thru CUPS.
--
Russ
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