https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-12-16 18:29 ------- The foomatic-gswrapper works around some problems of GhostScript which cause some certain jobs (especially PostScript created by Windows) to break. See http://www.linuxprinting.org/gswrapper.html For most files the foomatic-gswrapper is not needed, but it is better to have it working so that all files get printed. The Foomatic version currently on the Cooker (Mandrake's development version) is foomatic-2.0.2-20021205.1mdk.i586.rpm watch out for a newer version, this will contain the fix. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] description: Foomatic, specifically foomatic-gswrapper, as installed with Mandrake, always fails for my printer, an OfficeJet K60 connected over a SMB connection to a Win2K server. I have not seen this behavior on any of the few other printers I have available. It has failed under Mandrake 8.2 forward, and since installing version 9, I have kept up with all posted package updates. It fails with the trace I have included below. Mr guess is the script either munges some of the strings or some other unexpected problem leads to the "unable to open the initial device" error printed below. However, if I remove or rename /usr/bin/foomatic-gswrapper, the problem DISAPPEARS and printing works fine. BEGIN TRACE ----------- D [15/Dec/2002:12:39:02 -0500] gs PID pid2=12032 D [15/Dec/2002:12:39:02 -0500] gs command: gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="DESKJET 930" -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792 -d Duplex=false -r300 -sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:ColorMode=2,Quality:Med iaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2 -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=- - D [15/Dec/2002:12:39:02 -0500] foomatic-gswrapper: gs '-dBATCH' '-dPARANOIDSAFER ' '-dQUIET' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=ijs' '-sIjsServer=hpijs' '-sDeviceManufacturer =HEWLETT-PACKARD' '-sDeviceModel=DESKJET 930' '-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612' '-dDEVIC EHEIGHTPOINTS=792' '-dDuplex=false' '-r300' '-sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quali ty:ColorMode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2' '-dIjsUseOutputFD' '-sOutpu tFile=/dev/fd/3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2 D [15/Dec/2002:12:39:05 -0500] **** Unable to open the initial device, quitting. D [15/Dec/2002:12:39:05 -0500] Couldn't exec foomatic-gswrapper -q -dBATCH -dPAR ANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs -sDeviceManufacturer ="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="DESKJET 930" -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 -dDEVICEH EIGHTPOINTS=792 -dDuplex=false -r300 -sIjsParams=Quality:Quality=0,Quality:Color Mode=2,Quality:MediaType=0,Quality:PenSet=2 -dIjsUseOutputFD -sOutputFile=- - at /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic line 1097. D [15/Dec/2002:12:39:05 -0500] tail process done writing data to *main::STDOUT END TRACE ---------
