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Article #8923Trouble with Dataproducts LZR1260
From: leoh
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 23:47
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 23:47
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Please help the PS novice ... thanks :-)
PRINTER:
DataProducts LZR1260 (Adobe engine ... supposedly), version 47.0
FILE:
"lasedoctor" ... origin netland, version 1.0.0
SYMTOM:
send file to printer in batch mode ... error is as follows:
%%[ Error: rangecheck; OffendingCommand: cvs ]%%
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
Change printer to interactive mode ... error is still there, but file prints.
Additionally:
1) the string "cvs" is repeated later on ... but not flagged as an error.
2) Brother HL8-PS & Apple NT do not "barf"
returned data is below :
PostScript(r) Version 47.0
Copyright (c) 1984, '85, '86, '87, '88 Adobe Systems Incorporated
Copyright (c) 1981 Linotype All Rights Reserved.
PS>
PS>%!
PS>%% Laser Doctor, Version 1.0.0
PS>%% Written by Jim Sullivan, January, 1989.
PS>%% This was written out of a need to display as much information
PS>%% about various Postscript Laserprinters onto one page. More
PS>%% can be added and anyone is free to modify it for their own
PS>%% needs.
PS>
PS>gsave
PS>
PS>%% Beginning of definitions ********************************
PS>
PS>/HB {/Helvetica-Bold} def
PS>/CBO {/Courier-BoldOblique} def
PS>/C {/Courier} def
PS>/FF {findfont} def
PS>/SS {scalefont setfont} def
PS>/mt {moveto} def
PS>/s {show} def
PS>/fontname 30 string def
PS>/getfont {pop fntnm cvs /fontname exch def} def
PS>/fntnm 30 string def
PS>/str 20 string def
PS>/BOLD {CBO FF 10 SS} def
PS>/NORMAL {C FF 10 SS} def
PS>/cnt 0 def
PS>/btime 0 def
PS>/circleofbench
PS> { 15 15 345
{gsave
rotate 0 0 mt
(Benchmark) oshow
grestore
} for
} def
PS>/oshow {true charpath stroke} def
PS>
PS>%% End of definitions *****************************************
PS>
PS>BOLD
PS>200 756 mt
PS>(Analysis by Doctor Laser, Version 1.0.0) s %Print title
PS>20 720 mt
PS>NORMAL (This printer is a ) s
PS>BOLD statusdict/product get str cvs s %Gets the name of the
%%[ Error: rangecheck; OffendingCommand: cvs ]%%
PS>NORMAL ( running version ) s %printer from
PS>BOLD version str cvs s %statusdict/product
PS>NORMAL ( of Postscript.) s %and the version number
PS>20 700 translate %of Postscript from the
PS> %'version' command
leoh@hdw.csd.harris.com H H i d sssss
L eeeee oooo H H nnnn ddddd ss
L eee o o HHHHHH i n n d d ss
LLLLLL eeeee oooo H H i n n ddddd sssss
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!novavax!hcx1!hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com!leoh From: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Trouble with Dataproducts LZR1260 Message-ID: <2898@hcx1.SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM> Date: 7 Feb 90 23:47:27 GMT Sender: news@hcx1.SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM Reply-To: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com () Distribution: usa Organization: Harris Computer Systems, Fort Lauderdale, FL Lines: 79