Update to a recent version of ghostscript, rh rpm versions are really
old from what I've seen..
I grabed a tarball of gs from sunsite and all is well with the 600
series...
Piet Barber wrote:
>
> I have NEVER been able to get my RedHat (5.0) properly.
>
> System:
> AMD K6 200 MHz, 32MB RAM, 4.3 GIG drive, V.90 modem, Cannon BJC-610
> printer, print to parallel port 1 (LPT1)(/dev/lp1)
>
> Symptoms:
> Any print job that requires a filter shows
> =------------
> Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in .putdeviceprops
> (1488)op_array(458)0x8130244:Execution stack at 0x80f4310:
> 0x80fbc94: 0x0f oper --F---e-- 0x0000 0x08052f00 = %interp_exit
> 0x80fbc9c: 0x03 file --G-rxe-- 0x0001 0x081306b4
> 0x80fbca4: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0002 0x0813119c
> 0x80fbcac: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0039 0x081318f6
> =------------
>
> Attempted solutions:
> Installed the new rhs-printfilter rpm available at redhat site. Even
> though I'm running 5.0, I installed the incremental update to no avail.
>
> Other printer drivers were attempted, especially the ones that are
> listed in the manual as being compatible with the Cannon BJC-610. No
> such luck. They all failed in a similar manner. (I can elaborate to
> interested parties)
>
> Finally, I found a barely passable solution:
> If I add an Epson Color Dot matrix printer (at 180 dpi, yucchy)
>
> "lp Epson Color Dot Matris, 24 pin on /dev/lp1 "
>
> I can get a crummy-blocky-lookin scruffy 180 dpi image in color.
>
> It sucks.
>
> I want to use the full capabilities of my printer! Waaaah!
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Reference:
> >rpm -qi rhs-printfilters
>
> Name : rhs-printfilters Distribution: Manhattan
> Version : 1.44 Vendor: Red Hat Software
>
> Release : 2 Build Date: Fri May 8
> 12:36:38 1998
> Install date: Mon Jun 29 21:12:08 1998 Build Host: porky.redhat.com
> Group : Utilities/System Source RPM:
> rhs-printfilters-1.44-2.src.rpm
> Size : 90485
> Packager : Red Hat Software <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Summary : Red Hat Print Filter System
> Description :
> The Red Hat print filter system provides an easy way to handle
> the printing of numerous file formats. Meant primarily to be
> used in conjuction with the Red Hat printtool.
>
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