Re: cups slow when printing from firefox
Hi all, I'm struggling with a speed issue when trying to print stuff from firefox (10.0.2,1). I've set up cups (meta package 1.5.2) on my box which uses a Lexmark E360dn printer via ethernet. The printer has a postscript emulation which is set as the default (as opposed to PCL). I've used a PPD file from openprinting.org which claims that the printer is 100% supported. Printing works fine in general with all sorts of text and images, including PDF and LibreOffice and whatnot. However, trying to print maps from maps.google.de sends one CPU to 100% for a couple of minutes. Printing the same map from a Debian box takes a couple of seconds. I can print the map to a file, and print that file with lpr which also takes just a few seconds. While printing from firefox directly, I noticed a process gsc owned by cups which causes most of the CPU load. I take this as an indication that the postscript output from firefox is incorrectly rasterized on my box, instead of sending the postscript data directly to the printer. I did not make any changes to the default config files except for adding the printer through the localhost:631 interface. Is there anything else that I need to configure, either on the firefox or the cups end, to make printing maps faster? regards Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Hi Markus. If you do a search in the archives you'll see that some of us have printing problems with Firefox. Some even suspect that printing in Firefox is broken. I myself has not been able to solve my specific printing problems which include both Firefox but also Libre office. I'm running Win7 in Virtualbox in order to fix my printing :-( Regards /Leslie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: cups slow when printing from firefox
Leslie Jensen writes: Hi Markus. If you do a search in the archives you'll see that some of us have printing problems with Firefox. Some even suspect that printing in Firefox is broken. I myself has not been able to solve my specific printing problems which include both Firefox but also Libre office. I'm running Win7 in Virtualbox in order to fix my printing :-( Hi Leslie, good to know, I thought it's just me being too stupid to press the right button. For the time being I'll resort to printing to a file and sending that to lpr, instead of running Win7. regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
cups slow when printing from firefox
Hi all, I'm struggling with a speed issue when trying to print stuff from firefox (10.0.2,1). I've set up cups (meta package 1.5.2) on my box which uses a Lexmark E360dn printer via ethernet. The printer has a postscript emulation which is set as the default (as opposed to PCL). I've used a PPD file from openprinting.org which claims that the printer is 100% supported. Printing works fine in general with all sorts of text and images, including PDF and LibreOffice and whatnot. However, trying to print maps from maps.google.de sends one CPU to 100% for a couple of minutes. Printing the same map from a Debian box takes a couple of seconds. I can print the map to a file, and print that file with lpr which also takes just a few seconds. While printing from firefox directly, I noticed a process gsc owned by cups which causes most of the CPU load. I take this as an indication that the postscript output from firefox is incorrectly rasterized on my box, instead of sending the postscript data directly to the printer. I did not make any changes to the default config files except for adding the printer through the localhost:631 interface. Is there anything else that I need to configure, either on the firefox or the cups end, to make printing maps faster? regards Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
I am not sure exactly what your problem is; however, after the Firefox update, printing now takes forever. I use to be able to click on print and have a document print virtually immediately. Now, I click print and have time to eat breakfast, take a shower and get dressed before the frigging thing prints out. This is definitely NOT a printer problem since the printer is connected via a network to a Windows machine. Clicking on the same document in IE results in the document being printed immediately. Somehow, somewhere, something got seriously broken in Firefox. I do also get a print if I wait, but it's a one liner saying: Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in setpagedevice Operand stack: true --nostri /Leslie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:36:05 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: I am not sure exactly what your problem is; however, after the Firefox update, printing now takes forever. I use to be able to click on print and have a document print virtually immediately. Now, I click print and have time to eat breakfast, take a shower and get dressed before the frigging thing prints out. This is definitely NOT a printer problem since the printer is connected via a network to a Windows machine. Clicking on the same document in IE results in the document being printed immediately. Somehow, somewhere, something got seriously broken in Firefox. I do also get a print if I wait, but it's a one liner saying: Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in setpagedevice Operand stack: true --nostri Do you get better results when printing to a file (PS) and then sending it directly to the printer (via lpr)? Maybe this problem is comparable to my Opera printing problem (where I could identify Opera being the source of invalid PS data). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
On windows it delay much longer than usual, yea something change in firefox, affect that Regards -Original Message- From: Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu Sender: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:36:05 To: FreeBSDfreebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jerryje...@seibercom.net Subject: Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update. I am not sure exactly what your problem is; however, after the Firefox update, printing now takes forever. I use to be able to click on print and have a document print virtually immediately. Now, I click print and have time to eat breakfast, take a shower and get dressed before the frigging thing prints out. This is definitely NOT a printer problem since the printer is connected via a network to a Windows machine. Clicking on the same document in IE results in the document being printed immediately. Somehow, somewhere, something got seriously broken in Firefox. I do also get a print if I wait, but it's a one liner saying: Unrecoverable error: rangecheck in setpagedevice Operand stack: true --nostri /Leslie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:53:42 +0200 Polytropon articulated: Do you get better results when printing to a file (PS) and then sending it directly to the printer (via lpr)? Maybe this problem is comparable to my Opera printing problem (where I could identify Opera being the source of invalid PS data). Wow, what a waste of time that is. I just use MS Windows when I have to print and avoid all that rigmarole. Firefox use to work correctly; however, it no longer does. At first I thought it was a localized phenomena; however, after checking on several different forums I have concluded that it is far more wide spread than I had originally thought. There have been reports filed against this behavior. If and when they are acted upon is anyone's guess. In the mean time, I just use what is convenient and works reliably without adding an undo burden upon myself. Continual use of broken software effectively makes the end user and enabler; something I have no desire to invest my time in. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:21:40 -0400, Jerry wrote: On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:53:42 +0200 Polytropon articulated: Do you get better results when printing to a file (PS) and then sending it directly to the printer (via lpr)? Maybe this problem is comparable to my Opera printing problem (where I could identify Opera being the source of invalid PS data). Wow, what a waste of time that is. I just use MS Windows when I have to print and avoid all that rigmarole. Fully agree. I just use a PS printer (networked) and can print directly from any system and any application, no need for any rigmaroles. :-) Firefox use to work correctly; however, it no longer does. At first I thought it was a localized phenomena; however, after checking on several different forums I have concluded that it is far more wide spread than I had originally thought. This seems to be typical for development project that focus on development at any cost, dropping functionality or accidentally losing some. Sadly such behaviour is not limited to Firefox, but also to other programs many users consider essential. There have been reports filed against this behavior. If and when they are acted upon is anyone's guess. In the mean time, I just use what is convenient and works reliably without adding an undo burden upon myself. Well, I always have problems understanding why functionality that has been working perfectly for years stops working, especially when changes that programmers made are in _no_ obvious relation to that functionality... This means: Don't update your software if you want to keep it working. And use a real printer that JUST WORKS. :-) Continual use of broken software effectively makes the end user and enabler; something I have no desire to invest my time in. Also agree. Firefox is not the only web browser available and usable (although it might be the world's favourite one). And finally, it wouldn't be the first product that users abandon due to such lack of... quality? Is this correct? I'd say yes. Coming back on topic: It would be useful to identify Firefox as initiator of the printing problems (if that isn't clear yet), just to make sure that it isn't CUPS (which often is used for its printer filters when using winprinters). That's why involving the Print to file step sounds useful here. In case Firefox produces defective Postscript, that would indicate that it's really a Firefox thing that should be fixed as soon as possible. This step of diagnostics should help to be sure _what_ to fix. By the way, I'm still using Firefox 6.0.1 here and don't have printing problems, even using with CUPS 1.4.6. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
2011-09-09 22:29, Polytropon skrev: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:56:18 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: 2011-09-09 18:17, Rares Aioanei skrev: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:47:16 +0200 Leslie Jensenles...@eskk.nu wrote: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops failed Does the file exist? Yes! -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20112 9 Sep 09:12 /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops Try to run it manually. Take a PDF file and convert it into PS. Add options you might need for paper size. Example: % /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops -paper A4 test.pdf and check the PS output. See man pdftops for details. Maybe it's a dependency problem of pdftops... Note that the normal pdftops binary is provided by the xpdf port. Maybe you can try to update this one too? I'm not sure if CUPS's own binary is in some relation to that port, or is it working independently? First I did portmaster -t -f graphics/xpdf Then rehash Tried the following both as root and as myself I had to add a user and number of copies to the command. /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops les 1 -paper A4 test.pdf which results in the following DEBUG: pdftops - copying to temp print file /tmp/034c34e6e4d2f and it never exits. I have to stop with ctrl-c the file is empty. ll /tmp/034c34e6e4d2f -rw--- 1 les wheel 0 10 Sep 08:01 /tmp/034c34e6e4d2f And my test file is ll test.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 les les 30263 10 Sep 07:58 test.pdf So what do you suggest I do now? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:47:59 +0200 Leslie Jensen articulated: 2011-09-09 22:29, Polytropon skrev: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:56:18 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: 2011-09-09 18:17, Rares Aioanei skrev: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:47:16 +0200 Leslie Jensenles...@eskk.nu wrote: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops failed Does the file exist? Yes! -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20112 9 Sep 09:12 /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops Try to run it manually. Take a PDF file and convert it into PS. Add options you might need for paper size. Example: % /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops -paper A4 test.pdf and check the PS output. See man pdftops for details. Maybe it's a dependency problem of pdftops... Note that the normal pdftops binary is provided by the xpdf port. Maybe you can try to update this one too? I'm not sure if CUPS's own binary is in some relation to that port, or is it working independently? First I did portmaster -t -f graphics/xpdf Then rehash Tried the following both as root and as myself I had to add a user and number of copies to the command. /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops les 1 -paper A4 test.pdf which results in the following DEBUG: pdftops - copying to temp print file /tmp/034c34e6e4d2f and it never exits. I have to stop with ctrl-c the file is empty. ll /tmp/034c34e6e4d2f -rw--- 1 les wheel 0 10 Sep 08:01 /tmp/034c34e6e4d2f And my test file is ll test.pdf -rw-r--r-- 1 les les 30263 10 Sep 07:58 test.pdf So what do you suggest I do now? I am not sure exactly what your problem is; however, after the Firefox update, printing now takes forever. I use to be able to click on print and have a document print virtually immediately. Now, I click print and have time to eat breakfast, take a shower and get dressed before the frigging thing prints out. This is definitely NOT a printer problem since the printer is connected via a network to a Windows machine. Clicking on the same document in IE results in the document being printed immediately. Somehow, somewhere, something got seriously broken in Firefox. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Printing from Firefox broken after update.
Since a while back I've had a problem with printing from Firefox. I get this error in CUPS when I try to print. /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops failed I have done the following: portmaster -t -f print/cups portmaster -t -f www/firefox But it has not helped. I would like some help to identify the problem Thanks /Leslie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:47:16 +0200 Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops failed Does the file exist? -- Rares Aioanei ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
2011-09-09 18:17, Rares Aioanei skrev: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:47:16 +0200 Leslie Jensenles...@eskk.nu wrote: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops failed Does the file exist? Yes! -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20112 9 Sep 09:12 /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing from Firefox broken after update.
On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:56:18 +0200, Leslie Jensen wrote: 2011-09-09 18:17, Rares Aioanei skrev: On Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:47:16 +0200 Leslie Jensenles...@eskk.nu wrote: /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops failed Does the file exist? Yes! -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20112 9 Sep 09:12 /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops Try to run it manually. Take a PDF file and convert it into PS. Add options you might need for paper size. Example: % /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/pdftops -paper A4 test.pdf and check the PS output. See man pdftops for details. Maybe it's a dependency problem of pdftops... Note that the normal pdftops binary is provided by the xpdf port. Maybe you can try to update this one too? I'm not sure if CUPS's own binary is in some relation to that port, or is it working independently? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
El día Monday, June 15, 2009 a las 01:06:37PM -0800, Mel Flynn escribió: Yes: portmaster /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts or make -C /usr/ports/x11- fonts/webfonts/ install Follow the instructions from the pkg-message (allthough I don't think they're needed anymore with automatic configuration, but it don't hurt if you already have an xorg.conf). Restart X for the fonts to be usable or you can use xset +fp /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts and restart the app you want to use the fonts in. Easiest way to check if the fonts are enabled is to pull up any font selector for an application and checking for Andale Mono and Arial black in the list. Mel, The postinstall instructions of x11-fonts/webfonts say: ... Make sure that the freetype module is loaded. If it is not, add the following line to the Modules section of xorg.conf or XF86Config: Load freetype Add the following line to the Files section of xorg.conf or XF86Config: FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/ === Registering installation for webfonts-0.30_6 but the module freetype does not exist: (II) LoadModule: freetype (WW) Warning, couldn't open module freetype (II) UnloadModule: freetype (EE) Failed to load module freetype (module does not exist, 0) and there are posts in Google that this is not needed anymore because it is now parts of libXfont -- what is true? If so someone should fix the postinstall messages... matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Monday 15 June 2009 23:19:15 Matthias Apitz wrote:
(II) LoadModule: freetype
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module freetype
(II) UnloadModule: freetype
(EE) Failed to load module freetype (module does not exist, 0)
and there are posts in Google that this is not needed anymore because it
is now parts of libXfont -- what is true? If so someone should fix the
postinstall messages...
Yep, but only if the right libXfont is installed. So this gets a bit messy,
but CC'ing flz@ with the fonts and maintainers on the hook:
% find /usr/ports/x11-fonts \( -name pkg-message -o -name pkg-message.in \) -
exec grep 'Load freetype' {} +
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/arkpandora/pkg-message:Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/avifonts/files/pkg-message.in: Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/bitstream-vera/pkg-message:Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/code2000/files/pkg-message.in: Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/dejavu/pkg-message:Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/gentium/files/pkg-message.in: Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/indic-ttf/files/pkg-message.in:Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/liberation-fonts-ttf/files/pkg-message.in: Load
freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/mgopen/files/pkg-message.in: Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/stix-fonts/files/pkg-message.in: Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/texcm-ttf/files/pkg-message.in:Load freetype
/usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts/files/pkg-message.in: Load freetype
% find /usr/ports/x11-fonts \( -name pkg-message -o -name pkg-message.in \) -
exec grep -l 'Load freetype' {} + |while read FILE; do dir=$(dirname
${FILE}); dir=${dir%/files}; make -C ${dir} -V MAINTAINER; done|sort -u
a...@freebsd.org
da...@freebsd.org
gn...@freebsd.org
jac...@gmail.com
kkons...@duth.gr
m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk
po...@freebsd.org
thie...@freebsd.org
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Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? cheers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which I know little.But, if someone has some helpful information I would be glad to know about it too. jerry cheers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Monday 15 June 2009 11:18:42 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which I know little.But, if someone has some helpful information I would be glad to know about it too. On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:41:14AM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 15 June 2009 11:18:42 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which I know little.But, if someone has some helpful information I would be glad to know about it too. On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? In Firefox or in X? How do I tell?I don't see anything that looks like those names in X.../fonts directory jerry -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Monday 15 June 2009 12:00:52 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:41:14AM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 15 June 2009 11:18:42 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which I know little.But, if someone has some helpful information I would be glad to know about it too. On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? In Firefox or in X? How do I tell?I don't see anything that looks like those names in X.../fonts directory % grep ' ORIGIN:' /var/db/pkg/webfonts-0.30_6/+CONTENTS @comment ORIGIN:x11-fonts/webfonts The reason I think it might be the issue, is that in your installations 'verdana' is an aliased screen font, that doesn't print well. The Microsoft variant installed via this port, has better printing characteristics. The Luxi/Luci fonts, are very pixelated. Bitstream-vera are of higher quality as are these MS fonts. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:34:19PM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 15 June 2009 12:00:52 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:41:14AM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 15 June 2009 11:18:42 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which I know little.But, if someone has some helpful information I would be glad to know about it too. On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? In Firefox or in X? How do I tell?I don't see anything that looks like those names in X.../fonts directory % grep ' ORIGIN:' /var/db/pkg/webfonts-0.30_6/+CONTENTS @comment ORIGIN:x11-fonts/webfonts I don't seem to have any 'webfonts...' directory in /var/db/pkg/ I guess that means nothing was every installed. Should I now? The reason I think it might be the issue, is that in your installations 'verdana' is an aliased screen font, that doesn't print well. The Microsoft variant installed via this port, has better printing characteristics. The Luxi/Luci fonts, are very pixelated. Bitstream-vera are of higher quality as are these MS fonts. I have never played around with fonts - just took whatever was default so this is new and very hazy to me. jerry -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Monday 15 June 2009 12:56:29 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:34:19PM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 15 June 2009 12:00:52 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:41:14AM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 15 June 2009 11:18:42 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which I know little.But, if someone has some helpful information I would be glad to know about it too. On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? In Firefox or in X? How do I tell?I don't see anything that looks like those names in X.../fonts directory % grep ' ORIGIN:' /var/db/pkg/webfonts-0.30_6/+CONTENTS @comment ORIGIN:x11-fonts/webfonts I don't seem to have any 'webfonts...' directory in /var/db/pkg/ I guess that means nothing was every installed. Should I now? Yes: portmaster /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts or make -C /usr/ports/x11- fonts/webfonts/ install Follow the instructions from the pkg-message (allthough I don't think they're needed anymore with automatic configuration, but it don't hurt if you already have an xorg.conf). Restart X for the fonts to be usable or you can use xset +fp /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts and restart the app you want to use the fonts in. Easiest way to check if the fonts are enabled is to pull up any font selector for an application and checking for Andale Mono and Arial black in the list. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
thx a bunch. installing webfonts completely solved the issue. :-) Mel Flynn schrieb am 2009-06-15: On Monday 15 June 2009 11:18:42 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; i'm running firefox 2.5b99, but i've had this problem with firefox 2 already. apart from certain webpages pinting works without any problem. might this be a font issue? or a firefox bug? I have something that sounds the same in Firefox 3 on FreeBSD. I just assumed I did something wrong with fonts - about which I know little.But, if someone has some helpful information I would be glad to know about it too. On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with certain fonts when printing from firefox
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 01:06:37PM -0800, Mel Flynn wrote: On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:07:05PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, when i try printing certain website the font looks very pixelated and i can't read anything. the same happens if i tell firefox to redirect the print output to a pdf or ps file so it's probably not a printer issue. the website that causes problems has this in css: font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; On a hunch, is x11-fonts/webfonts installed? In Firefox or in X? How do I tell?I don't see anything that looks like those names in X.../fonts directory % grep ' ORIGIN:' /var/db/pkg/webfonts-0.30_6/+CONTENTS @comment ORIGIN:x11-fonts/webfonts I don't seem to have any 'webfonts...' directory in /var/db/pkg/ I guess that means nothing was every installed. Should I now? Yes: portmaster /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts or make -C /usr/ports/x11- fonts/webfonts/ install Follow the instructions from the pkg-message (allthough I don't think they're needed anymore with automatic configuration, but it don't hurt if you already have an xorg.conf). Restart X for the fonts to be usable or you can use xset +fp /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts and restart the app you want to use the fonts in. OK. Thank you very much.That seems to have fixed my problem - at least for a couple of sites I could remember that printed poorly since the upgrade. jerry Easiest way to check if the fonts are enabled is to pull up any font selector for an application and checking for Andale Mono and Arial black in the list. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Setting hw.intr_storm_threshold (WAS printing on firefox...)
sysctl hw.intr_storm_threshold=20 resets the value just for the session. I am guessing that putting the line hw.intr_storm_threshold=20 into /etc/sysctl.conf will make the change permanent? Oliver On Saturday 08 April 2006 04:22, Fabian Keil wrote: Oliver Iberien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was printing with native Firefox 1.5.0.1 (FreeBSD 6.0) with CUPS, which Firefox sees and recognizes. The printer (Xerox N17, local, parallel port) started cycling through waiting-processing-waiting messages. Rebooting, I saw a message about an IRQ storm on the printer port being throttled. Killing the job took care of this. Has anyone else had an issue like this? Firefox printing isn't critical but it's always nice to know what's going on. The default value of hw.intr_storm_threshold is easily reached by a printer connected through the parallel port. Have a look at: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-dec2005.html#8. Fabian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting max interrupts per second (WAS printing on firefox)
On Saturday 08 April 2006 04:22, Fabian Keil wrote: Oliver Iberien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] The printer (Xerox N17, local, parallel port) started cycling through waiting-processing-waiting messages. Rebooting, I saw a message about an IRQ storm on the printer port being throttled. Killing the job took care of this. [snip] The default value of hw.intr_storm_threshold is easily reached by a printer connected through the parallel port. Have a look at: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-dec2005.html#8. Fabian Thanks for this. Here's the relevent text from that weblog: As a result, once more harnessed my veteran HP LaserJet 6MP to echunga. Printing went at a snail's pace. Finally I discovered the message: Interrupt storm detected on irq7: lpt0; throttling interrupt source It proved to be a new interrupt throttling feature in the system: the sysctl variable hw.intr_storm_threshold sets the maximum number of interrupts per second on any interrupt level. The default value is 500, woefully inadequate for a PostScript printer on a parallel port, which can generate over 100,000 interrupts a second. Fixed that: === [EMAIL PROTECTED] (/dev/ttyp1) ~ 130 - sysctl hw.intr_storm_threshold hw.intr_storm_threshold: 500 === [EMAIL PROTECTED] (/dev/ttyp1) ~ 131 - sysctl hw.intr_storm_threshold=20 hw.intr_storm_threshold: 500 - 20 Unfortunately, this effectively disables the interrupt storm detection system-wide. The values should be per interrupt. Does anyone have any idea what an optimum number would be? Oliver ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing on firefox results in irq storm on printer port
Oliver Iberien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was printing with native Firefox 1.5.0.1 (FreeBSD 6.0) with CUPS, which Firefox sees and recognizes. The printer (Xerox N17, local, parallel port) started cycling through waiting-processing-waiting messages. Rebooting, I saw a message about an IRQ storm on the printer port being throttled. Killing the job took care of this. Has anyone else had an issue like this? Firefox printing isn't critical but it's always nice to know what's going on. The default value of hw.intr_storm_threshold is easily reached by a printer connected through the parallel port. Have a look at: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-dec2005.html#8. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature
printing on firefox results in irq storm on printer port
I was printing with native Firefox 1.5.0.1 (FreeBSD 6.0) with CUPS, which Firefox sees and recognizes. The printer (Xerox N17, local, parallel port) started cycling through waiting-processing-waiting messages. Rebooting, I saw a message about an IRQ storm on the printer port being throttled. Killing the job took care of this. Has anyone else had an issue like this? Firefox printing isn't critical but it's always nice to know what's going on. Oliver Incidentally, killing the job required a crash course in lppasswd and the cupsd.conf file, which I'll describe briefly here for the record... lppasswd stores encrypted passwords for cups administrative functions. The format is lppasswd -g group -a user. Permissions to various parts of the cupsd administrative functions (interface at http://localhost:631/admin) are set in the various location sections of /usr/local/etc/cupsd.conf. The various parameters than can be set are at http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sam.html. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printing with Firefox
I get the same effect in Opera. This seems to happen regardless of the window manager in use; Gnome, fvwm, or xterm. Thanks in advance. Harold When I attempt to either do a printview, or print, using Firefox the program shuts down. My printcap file contains entries that were automatically created by CUPS. Any ideas why the Firefox printing functions are inop? Thanks, Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upgrade your account today for increased storage; mail forwarding or POP enabled e-mail with automatic virus scanning. Visit http://www.canada.com/email/premiumservices.html for more information. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printing with Firefox
Rem P Roberti wrote: When I attempt to either do a printview, or print, using Firefox the program shuts down. My printcap file contains entries that were automatically created by CUPS. Any ideas why the Firefox printing functions are inop? I solved that problem last night, but I'm not sure how. I was able to print from within Abiword, but Firefox would core-dump. I ended up doing two things, one of which apparently fixed the problem. First, when I ran apsfilter, I made sure a test page printed - then chose to add the new printer definition to my printcap file (before exiting SETUP). Second, in the printcap file, I changed the first line from ps|lp|aps1... to lp|ps|aps1... - since I read somewhere that lp was the real name for the printer. Now I can print. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printing with Firefox
When I attempt to either do a printview, or print, using Firefox the program shuts down. My printcap file contains entries that were automatically created by CUPS. Any ideas why the Firefox printing functions are inop? Thanks, Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
