Re: [Cooker] Non-English character problems with CUPS
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 12:17:58PM -0700, Thaweesak Taekratok wrote: Thai page with Konquerer,it printed correctly using Windows fonts I downloaded. However, when trying with Mozilla on the same page with Mozilla own Thai fonts, I got all the square characters. I assumed that because the printer did not have the fonts used by Mozilla, so it used the default font on its printer which is not Thai font. That is why I got all those squares. However, I thought it was CUPS job to check fonts first to see if that font is available before sending a print job. If no, then CUPS is supposed to download that font to the printer so the printjob will be printed correctly. Am I correct? If so, how to check and fix it? AFAIK Cups does nothing with fonts. The application has to create a valid postscript which is then either rendered using a filter or sent to the printer directly if it's beleived to be capable rendering it by itself. The postscript generated by the two browsers is probably different in some way which is the reason only one borwser can print correctly. AFAIK the languages printed correctly by Mozilla include Japanese and Czech. BTW:When you dont know what your problem is you should probably post to expert first to determine if the bug is in Mandrake at all and which package is likely causing it. -- Michal Suchanek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Non-English character problems with CUPS
To Michal Suchanek, AFAIK Cups does nothing with fonts. ***Reply*** This is I quoted from Postscript Acrobat/PDF by Thomas Merz. A spooler(in this case CUPS) is a program which receives print data from application programs, if need be modifies it, and relays it to the chosen output device In the case of incomplete Postscript files the spooler makes use of the resource comments to determine which fonts and prologs the document requires, and inserts them into the correct place in the Postscript file. Therefore, CUPS or spooler has something to do with font. The reason some languages work may be because some printers may already have resident fonts use by the applications already. BTW:When you dont know what your problem is you should probably post to expert first to determine if the bug is in Mandrake at all and which package is likely causing it. ***Reply*** I don't see why this question is not appropriated for cooker. If a fontpath needs to be added into CUPS or other spoolers in order for the printer to work correctly, I would assume it would be Mandrake's role to make sure of that. The reason I asked cooker was because maybe somebody already noticed this and already figured that out. Please make sure you do your homework not just AFAIK, since your knowledge may not be sufficient to answer it. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
