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  1. Bug #277404
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 277404

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rbmorse (rbmorse) wrote : Re: [Bug 277404] Re: hp laserjet postscript text print does not print some characters
  • hardy.ps Edit (37.0 KiB, application/postscript; name="hardy.ps")
  • intrepid.ps Edit (42.0 KiB, application/postscript; name="intrepid.ps")

On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 13:58 +0000, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Try the following:
>
> Redirect your print queue to a file:
>
> cupsctl FileDevice=yes
> lpadmin -p <print queue name> -v file:/tmp/printout.ps
>
> Then print a file which causes the problem and attach the resulting
> /tmp/printout.ps to this bug report.
>
> Switch to the other PPD file but keep your print queue pointing to
> /tmp/printout.ps.
>
> Print the same file again, and attach the new /tmp/printout.ps. They
> must be different, as one works on the printer, the other not.
>
> Make sure that when you attach the files that you tell which one of them
> is done with the Hardy PPD and which one with the Intrepid PPD.
>
 The two files are attached, renamed to identify the version of the .ppd
file with which they were produced.

I used the same source file for both, and the errors produced with the
intrepid version of the .ppd consist of a "box" character substituted
for the "f" character in the Page header (1 o 1) and the three "8"
characters on the second line also print as "box" characters.

The hardy version of the .ppd produces correct output.

RBM