Package: foomatic-filters Version: 3.0.2-20061031-1.2 Severity: normal Hello,
I can't print a .dvi file using foomatic-rip together with LPRng (didn't try CUPS). The problem is that the dvi file gets converted inappropriately. After reading man pages and other documentation included with foomatic-rip and a2ps, I can say that a2ps discovers the file type properly as "(dvi)", but the resulting output on my printer is a sequence of control chacacters, neatly embedded in your typical a2ps page frame (featuring the printing date etc., and a bogus file name). Initially, I tried with different settings, namely "automatic converter, and automatic gs selection", but it would not help. I also enabled logging in foomatic-rip. The section containing the conversion sequence seems to be this (the original dvi file is one page long): Reading PostScript input ... Job does not start with "%!", is it PostScript? Starting file converter Starting converter for non-PostScript files tail process done reading data from STDIN KID2 finished file converter PID kid2=3135 file converter command: a2ps -1 --medium=A4dj --center-title="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -o - [stdin (plain): 10 pages on 10 sheets] [Total: 10 pages on 10 sheets] sent to the standard output [27 lines wrapped] --> This document is DSC-conforming! KID1 finished What's really strange is that if I simply convert the file on the command line, using this command: $ a2ps -1 --medium=A4dj --center-title="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -o - brief.dvi > /tmp/b.ps ("brief.dvi" is the input file in all cases) the resulting file "/tmp/b.ps" contains exactly what I want it to contain. Kind regards, --Toni++ -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-bpo.1-amd64 Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages foomatic-filters depends on: ii bash 3.1dfsg-8 The GNU Bourne Again SHell ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11etch2 Debian configuration management sy ii perl 5.8.8-7etch3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages foomatic-filters recommends: ii a2ps 1:4.13b.dfsg.1-1 GNU a2ps - 'Anything to PostScript ii cupsys 1.2.7-4etch5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii enscript 1.6.4-11.1 Converts ASCII text to Postscript, ii foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-20061031-1 linuxprinting.org printer support ii gs 8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1 Transitional package ii gs-esp [gs] 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1etch1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr ii gs-gpl [gs] 8.54.dfsg.1-5etch1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int ii lprng [lpr] 3.8.28dfsg.1-1.1 lpr/lpd printer spooling system -- debconf information: * foomatic-filters/spooler: lprng * foomatic-filters/gspath: gs-esp foomatic-filters/ps_accounting: false foomatic-filters/config_parsed: true * foomatic-filters/textfilter: a2ps * foomatic-filters/filter_debug: true foomatic-filters/custom_textfilter: foomatic-filters/custom_gspath: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]