Hi Brian, > I'm pretty well convinced that the PostScript interpreter on my printer > is not up to the job of processing Ghostscript's PS, which its developers > maintain is valid PS. At the same time I wonder whether the graphics in > Debian's present default-testpage.pdf contribute to the problem, > particularly taking into account PS file size and the time to print. The > nature of the graphics being a possible source of trouble was touched on > earlier in this report. > > So I produced a Debian branded default-testpage.pdf (attached) based on > Ubuntu's pdf. Not very expertly, I'll add, but the size of the PS file is > only 356 KB and it prints quickly. My printer doesn't like the PS from > Ghostscript so I had to use '-o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftops' with > lpadmin.
Sorry for my late reply but I'm affected by at least two separate bugs here and it takes me some more time to test this… However, I can confirm that it takes my printer only around 30 seconds to print your testpage when I use the HPLIP backend. I realized that I had my cups configuration screwed up and restored it yesterday, so now I have to start where I began. I'm quite sure 1. that I'm running into troubles when I use the USB backend and 2. that my printer doesn't like the PS from Ghostscript neither. There are single pages of PDF documents which I can't print because my printer runs out of memory (I get an error message after 20-30 minutes which states "memory full") while on Windows they are printed after a few seconds. After restoring the default cups configuration I'm able now to print the default Debian CUPS testpage with the HPLIP backend – it takes around 26 minutes and 30 seconds, but it works (I always get the testpage instead of an error message as stated in my original report). I think it would be a good idea to open another bug report to address both issues mentioned above separately. What do you think? Thanks, Stefan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
