Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:30:20 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <ulrich@pukruppa.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing from Opera Message-ID: <20110826073020.6edf4e97.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108250641320.5142@wonkity.com> References: <20110824095841.0f614b67.freebsd@edvax.de> <4E54E2C5.2030408@pukruppa.de> <20110824171956.56654528.freebsd@edvax.de> <4E55E54E.6000307@pukruppa.de> <20110825080941.dcb7c598.freebsd@edvax.de> <4E55F265.1060008@pukruppa.de> <20110825092252.fa8fd1f1.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108250641320.5142@wonkity.com>
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Again a system freeze, so I have to write this message for a second time. But I think it's worth it as I made some interesting discoveries. :-) On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:43:01 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > If the print job has a PostScript error, it would be received and then > just disappear. Unless you have the printer set to "print PostScript > errors", anyway. Watch the printer lights for a quick flash when (if) > the job is actually sent. I've tried that from the google search page (no query entered) and could see the display "JOBVERARBEITUNG" (job processing), as well as a short flashing of the "Daten" (data) LED. Nothing got printed, but the printer seemed to receive data. So I thought I should investigate the data. In Opera, I selected "Print to file" and loaded the PS file into gs. It had a black square across the page, as well as scroll bars. Scroll bars? In the PS output? Hmmm... sounds stupid! Printing this file from within gs (which pipes it to lpr), as well as directly printing it with lpr, resulted in the job appearing + disappearing. Okay, I thought it might have something to do with the web page printed... so I opened a simple web page (no images, just text). IT GOT PRINTED!!! So is this local file vs. online file? I opened http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/LEGALNOTICE.html and printed it. It also got printed, but with a black bar across the rear side of the second page. There also were grey bars at the margins of the text (but I could remove them by manually Alt+P = Preferencs, Webpages, Background Color set to white). The output was like this (2nd page): Corel and WordPerfect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the United States and/or ################################################## ################################################## ################################################## ################################################## And then printing continued normally on the 3rd page (2nd sheet) with SAP, R/3, and mySAP are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world. What is this selective printing? Or am I not allowed to print portions of the copyright? :-) Whenever I try to print from Opera, I have to manually select the only selectable printer with the mouse. What about the good old "Ctrl+P Enter"? Already DEPRECATED? Not "modern" enough? Alternative: Firefox. I have version 6.0.1 installed. When I opened the google search page, it got printed, but without the colored Google text. Other web pages with images have the images printed. And suddenly, the system froze. I had to switch it off (with the _real_ power switch on the back). The "freeze virus" has jumped from Sylpheed to Firefox. Summary: PS generation seems to be different among browsers. Sometimes something gets generated that the printer cannot print. Idea: I could configure CUPS _not_ to use PS, but instead convert it to PCL and then send it to the printer, maybe this can bring different results. (Note that my last message contained some more details, e. g. different job sizes when printing the same page from Opera and from Firefox, but due to the reboot the message was lost.) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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