Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 13:27:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com> To: rknebel@mail.microserve.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971005125829.858A-100000@acp.qiv.com> In-Reply-To: <19971005131150.31271@my.domain>
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I'm coming in late so this may be a rehash.
It looks like you have a ghostcsript problem -- not a printing
problem. The typecheck error can be caused by any number of things,
but an error return is one of the most common. You can run gs with
debugging flags turned on and see exactly where it is failing.
I would check these:
1. Can you display the PostScript output? If you can, the
PostScript is ok and you have a problem with either
the filter or driver.
2. Do you have the correct driver compiled in? 'gs
--help' will show you which drivers are available. The
answer to "which is correct" is in the gs docs. You'll
have to unpack the port to find out. cdjcolor or
cdjmomo should work.
3. Which driver are specifying in your filter?
(-sDEVICE=xxx) Is it correct?
4. Check for permission complications. e.g., are the
permissions on the filter, tmp directories and
spool correct? (Probably not your problem, but worth a
check.)
-- Jay
On Sun, 5 Oct 1997 rknebel@mail.microserve.net wrote:
> Hi,
> Well I have been trying for two weeks now to get my HP deskjet 660c to
> print with freebsd 2.2.2.
> I have tried about 6 different printcap entries and filters submitted by
> you kind people on this list.
> I have upgraded to the newest ghostscript with all the needed accessory
> programs.
> My problem remains.
> I can print files fine.
> When I try to print postscript ie from xv or netscape I get about 6 pages
> 0f ghostscript error messages.
> The messages start like this
> GS<13>Error: /typecheck in --put--
> OPERAND STACK:
> EXecution stack:
> Dictionary stack:
> Current allocation mode is local
> GS<13>GS<13>ERROR: /syntaxerror in -file-
>
> These type of messages go on then for about 7-8 pages.
>
> This is extremely frustrating.
> If anyone can make sense of this or reccomend another way to print then GS
> I would be extremely grateful.
>
> I like freebsd better than linux but if I cannot print with it it does me
> no good.
>
> Thanks Alot
>
> --
> Rick Knebel
> rknebel@mail.microserve.net
>
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