Hi, On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 05:22:11PM +0200, SaGS wrote: > > I’m not a Debian user, but noticed the bug filed against Ghostscript and > would like to make a comment and suggest another thing to try. > > First, the sample file is *not* valid PJL+PostScript. The "!R! ... etc ... > EXIT;" part is Kyocera's Prescribe. That's where the error comes from, as > GS does not intrepret PRESCRIBE - as it does not interpret Epson's ESC/P > and others. > > Second, what I would like to suggest is to consider replacing the "!R! ... > etc" with "@PJL COMMENT !R! ... etc". Then the file will be valid > PJL+PostSCript, and there won't be any problems anymore. From what I > understad from Kyocera's documentation, the "!R!" is recognized in any > context, so I expect it has the desired effect even if "cloaked" inside a > "@PJL COMMENT". Unfortunately, I don't have such a printer to check. And, > where does this "!R!..." come from in the first place? Is it from a PPD? If > yes, and my idea works, then this bug is very easy to fix by changing the > PPD, without the need for an ugly workaround in Ghostscript.
I think the test file was produced through foomatic, but only the original submitter could confirm this. Your idea seems excellent to me, but just like you I can't test it. bye Jerome Alet -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
