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Article #402Re: Problems with ghostscript 2.5.x
From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:32
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:32
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Re <9210130424.AA19554@cookie-crisp> <2368@forty2.physik.unizh.ch>: > 1. Problem with bj10e printer driver > I had no luck in producing any text output with this driver in 360 dpi > resolution. It works fine with 180 dpi (-r180) and on the golfer.ps > file, which does not include any text. However, even a simple *.ps file > which needs loading just two fonts produces garbage output: > One recognizes the line structure of the text, but each line is sort > of smeard out and just a gray-shaded sort of thing across the page. > No problem with ghostscript 2.4 however. I did not see any logic changes in the bj10e driver between Ghostscript 2.4.1 (the earliest release for which I have sources on-line) and 2.5.2, so I'm puzzled. I'd like to hear from anyone else who has had trouble with the BJ-10e driver in 2.5.2. > 2. Postscript language problem > A *.ps file created with WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS and the HP Laserjet III > postscript driver run just fine under ghostscript 2.4 but produces an > error message under 2.5.x. The WP-file used was the Printer.tst file which > comes with the WP distribution. The complaint is made when something should > be printed shadowed and PaintType is somehow causing the problem. I can > provide the *.ps file, but have not enough knowledge myself to determine > whether the postscript code itself is correct. Please e-mail me the PostScript code. L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; voice 415-322-0103 ; fax 322-1734 "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!aladdin.COM!ghost From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Subject: Re: Problems with ghostscript 2.5.x Message-ID: <9210122232.1.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Distribution: gnu Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:32:08 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 34