[ale] ghostscript problems

[Geoffrey Myers]

Glynn Black wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>
> > I recently upgraded from an old Slackware install to RedHat.  I'm now
> > trying to reinstall ghostscript.  I first tried the rpm approach, to no
> > avail.  I'm now back to the old compile and install approach.  I can't
> > get it to print to my Canon bjc600, although I could with my Slackware
> > installation.  I'm using 5.03 Aladdin ghostscript and I get the
> > following error message in the printer logfile:
> >
> > Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops
> >
> > Unexpected interpreter error -15.
> > Error object: .putdeviceprops(1488)op_array(511)0x816cfc0:
> > Execution stack at 0x8160b70:
> >
> Sounds like you print differently than I. I've always made sure I
> install the ghostscript, ghostview and nenscript packages. Then I set
> up my printer in Printer Configuration in the control-panel. The nice
> thing about this is the printer configuration tool has a test feature
> that gives you instructions on the printout on what to change if it
> doesn't look right.

I've got ghostscript, ghostview and nenscript installed.  I'm doing just
what you do, pulling a postscript file into ghostview and selecting the
print option.   What printer configuration tool are you referring to?  I've
just now located the control panel and the printer configuration, so maybe
I'm on my way.  I didn't know it even existed.

In my previous Slackware install environment, I had ghostview and
ghostscript installed and they enabled me to print, in color from ghostview,
netscape, whatever.  This included printing a troff->postscript document via
"lpr -Pbjc600.24.3  file.ps."  I still use troff quite a bit.

>
>
> Are you piping your postscript files into ghostscript to print. Didn't
> know you could do this (tell me more.) I never print directly using
> gs, but print from ghostview. Never any problems. You may be trying to
> acomplish something entirely different from what I'm envisioning here.
> Duuuuuh!

I've never printed directly from gs either.  I think I want to do just what
you are doing and have done it with my previous install.  I just can't find
the reason why things are different now.

>
>
> Glynn Black     blackgr at worldnet.att.net



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