Hi, On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 06:54, Malte Cornils wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 04:41, Peter Linnell wrote: > > > I compiled the version 1.1.7 on a stock Mandrake 10 Official box > > > with no problems except that I can't print to my HPLJ1300 anymore. > > > The printer labors a while and nothing comes out. > > > > The reason is Scribus is generating PS3 level objects which the PS > > interpreter is unable to understand. > > It would be way cool if there would be an option in the prefs to not generate > Lvl 3 objects even when the PPD says they're allowed.
This is an issue we are looking at: a "flattener" for PDF 1.4/PS3 objects, like blends, transparency etc. It is less a simple option to put %PS-2 in the postscript stream, it involves a lot of complex image conversion in some cases. > > > This is a frequent issue with Black and White laser jets when printing from > > Desktop Publishing Apps - I've seen this with LJ4 and 5, as well as newer > > HP 2xxx printers with Pagemaker, Quark Xpress and Indesign. > > Yes, and it's ugly - the printers don't show any specific reason why they > stop > working... > /me nods.. Cheers, Peter
