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- +o If you get a message on an HP 1600CM using the 1600CM
- PPD/PostScript driver similar to:
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- ERROR: undefinedresource OFFENDING COMMAND:
- findresource
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- You have probably selected the "No Adjustment" option
- for the "Color Matching" field. Selecting this option
- can cause this message. There is no workaround other
- then to not select "No Adjustment"
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- +o If you power cycle an Indy with an HP LaserJet 5/5N/5M
- attached you get this error message:
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- 22 PARALLEL IO ERROR, PRESS GO KEY
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- Pressing GO clears the error. This may be seen with
- other HP printers as well as other SGI workstations.
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- +o The front panel "Scan" button on an HP ScanJet 5P
- scanner is not supported.
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- +o If you experience problems with an HP Color LaserJet
- when using the parallel port and printing images try
- setting the printer's parallel port to SLOW speed and
- advanced functions OFF. This is done using the
- printer's front panel. Similar settings may also be
- required for some of the HP monochrome LaserJet
- printers.
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- +o The Generic Color PostScript driver does not send
- commands to the printer to set paper size (the exact
- command to set paper size varies by printer and can not
- be determined with a generic Driver). The Options
- panel setting for paper size is used when printing text
- files so the SGI host can determine where to place page
- breaks, line feeds, etc. when it converts text files to
- PostScript. Workaround: Obtain a PPD file for the
- printer from the printer vendor and install a driver
- specific to the printer. See the file
- /var/spool/lp/PPD_model/README for details.
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- +o When using psrip to process large PostScript files
- (~400Meg or higher) you may see this error:
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- page marking aborted (increase MaxDisplayList or MaxSourceList or disk space)
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- You will need to increase the MaxImageBuffer (and
- verify there is enough disk space). Edit
- /usr/lib/print/data/psrip/startup.ps and find the
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- % give the interpreter as much memory as it requires for display lists
- /MaxDisplayList 100000000
- /MaxSourceList 100000000
- >> setsystemparams
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- And change to:
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- % give the interpreter as much memory as it requires for display lists
- /MaxDisplayList 100000000
- /MaxSourceList 100000000
- /MaxImageBuffer 100000000
- >> setsystemparams
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- Only do this if you need to since it causes psrip to
- consume additional system resources.
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- On occasion, a second error may be seen when the above
- error is seen:
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- %%[error limit check; OffendingCommand: image ] %%
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- This is caused by an actual error and is the result of
- corrupt image data in the PostScript file (in this case
- an application of some sort probably generated the
- file). Typically, the file will have a lines similar
- to:
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- image
- 0303030303030303030303030303030303030303
- 030303030303033#1303030303030333
- 0303030303030303030303030303030303030303
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- In this case the "#" in the 2nd data line is causing a
- problem. You can often substitute the previous line to
- fix the problem. Unfortunately, there are no simple
- ways to detect bad images in a PostScript file.
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- +o A message similar to:
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- OOPS:can't find option :False: of item Flip
- can't find the option False of Flip
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- may be seen after running the options panel for a
- printer that uses the PPD driver if the vendor supplied
- PPD file has symbols that conflict with the SGI portion
- of the PPD file. To determine if that is the case edit
- the file /var/spool/lp/app-
- defaults/<printername>/PPD_PostScript and look for a
- set of lines similar to:
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- *OpenUI *Flip/Mirror Image: Boolean
- *DefaultFlip: False
- *Flip False/No: ""
- *Flip True/Yes: ""
- *CloseUI: *Flip
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- (Note that "*Flip" comes from the error message on the
- command line and could be any string -- *FLip is the
- symbol that is multiply defined.) A further search
- through the file should reveal a second block of text
- that starts with "*OpenUI *Flip". If this is the case,
- comment out the first occurrence like this ("*%" is the
- comment field):
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- *%OpenUI *Flip/Mirror Image: Boolean
- *%DefaultFlip: False
- *%Flip False/No: ""
- *%Flip True/Yes: ""
- *%CloseUI: *Flip
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- After this is done on the print server all clients
- should remove and re-install the printer to pick-up the
- change. The printer options panel should then work.
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- +o Some vendors may have there own PPD extensions that are
- not supported. An example are PPD files from
- Electronics For Imaging (EFI) that may have the lines:
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- *OpenUIEFI
- *CloseUIEFI
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- Often, the extended syntax can be changed and the PPD
- file will still work. In this example change all
- occurrences of "*OpenUIEFI" to "*OpenUI" and
- "*CloseUIEFI" to "*CloseUI" to use the PPD with
- Impressario.
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- +o The older ftr(1) database format, .ctr files are not
- supported starting with IRIX 6.3. Older Impressario
- 1.2 drivers and some third party drivers might check
- for the existence of the file and disable the printer
- if the file is not found. The command "lpstat -t" will
- indicate that the printer has been disabled with a
- reason "WorkSpace filetype database not built. Please
- type 'su ; cd /usr/lib/filetype ; make".
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- To workaround this problem, edit the
- /var/spool/lp/model/<model_file> where <model_file> is
- the correct model file for your printer. Find the
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- if [ ! -r /usr/lib/filetype/workspace.ctr ]; then
- disable -r"WorkSpace filetype database not
- built. Please type 'su ; cd /usr/lib/filetype ; make'"
- $printer 1>>$logfile 2>&1
- exit 2 fi
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- and remove them. Do the same for the file
- /var/spool/lp/interface/<printer_name> where
- <printer_name> is the name of the printer. You can
- then enable the printer with the command (as root)
- "enable <printer_name>" (where <printer_name> is the
- name of the printer). Note that this problem will be
- seen starting with IRIX 6.3.
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- +o CID fonts are not supported if the optional product
- "Kanji Fonts for Impressario V2.0" has been installed.
- (The "Kanji Fonts for Impressario V2.0" software
- provides 2 or 5 Morisawa fonts: Ryumin Light KL, Gothic
- Medium BBB, Futo Min A101 , Futo Go B101 and Jun 101).
- You should only install this product if you need
- support for Morisawa fonts and do not need CID fonts.
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- +o The PostScript interpreter (psrip) when invoked runs
- with the user ID of "lp" (suid lp). The PostScript
- language includes file operators to read, write and
- delete files. It is possible to write a PostScript
- program to manipulate files and then submit it to psrip
- to be run. The PostScript program running under psrip
- would be able to read, write or delete any file that
- can be accessed as user "lp".
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- +o The Sharp scanners will not work with the optional GIO
- SCSI card for Indy systems (use the built-in SCSI port,
- instead).
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- +o HPGL/2 Files: Impressario cannot automatically
- recognize HPGL/2 files. To print HPGL/2 on your
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- DesignJet plotter, you must select the "None (pass file
- "as is")" from the graphical options panel, or by
- inserting the word "raw" into the saved options in the
- printpanel "Printer Specific Options" area. Otherwise
- HPGL/2 files may be incorrectly auto-recognized as text
- files, and printed literally. Please note that when
- you select "None (pass file "as is")" you cannot print
- other file types: data is sent unprocessed to the
- printer. Install a second network queue for the
- printer and save different options for each queue if
- you wish to have both interfaces available
- simultaneously: see the _I_m_p_r_e_s_s_a_r_i_o _U_s_e_r'_s _G_u_i_d_e for
- more information on doing this.
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- +o If you run out of disk space in /_u_s_r/_t_m_p on the
- Impressario server, print jobs fail silently.
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- +o Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II and III series printers do
- not work properly with less than 1.5 Mbytes of memory.
- LaserJet 4 series printers require at least 4 Mbytes of
- memory. If your output is garbled or only partially
- printed, make sure that you have enough memory
- installed in the printer.
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- +o If you cancel a plot job on a DesignJet plotter using
- the plotter's front panel CANCEL button the SGI print
- spooler will not realize that the plot has been
- canceled. You should first cancel the job using the
- cancel(1) command or from the PrintStatus panel and
- then press the cancel button on the plotter.
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- +o Support for the Apple LaserWriter covers the
- LaserWriter Plus, II, IINT, IINTX, IIf, and IIg. Any
- other models of Apple LaserWriter are not currently
- supported.
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- +o Apple LaserWriter IIf printers with less than 4 Mbytes
- of memory are not supported.
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- +o Apple LaserWriter IIg printers with less than 8 Mbytes
- of memory cannot print the entire imageable area of the
- page. You must send the file
- /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_p_r_i_n_t/_d_a_t_a/_L_W__2_G__p_h_o_t_o_g_r_a_d_e__o_f_f to printers
- with less than 8 Mbytes of memory using the command:
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- ccccaaaatttt ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////pppprrrriiiinnnntttt////ddddaaaattttaaaa////LLLLWWWW____2222GGGG____pppphhhhoooottttooooggggrrrraaaaddddeeee____ooooffffffff >>>> ////ddddeeeevvvv////ttttttttyyyydddd[[[[nnnn]]]]
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- where [_n] is the serial port number. This file turns
- off the PhotoGrade feature of the printer. The
- recommended solution is to upgrade your printer to at
- least 8 Mbytes of memory.
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- +o You may experience SCSI resets when attempting to open
- the Sharp JX-320 scanner.
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- +o For manual feed to work on an HP 4MPlus LaserJet
- printer MP tray must be set to FIRST from the front
- panel.
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- +o If you have problems with image clipping while printing
- a B size image with an HP 4V LaserJet printer you
- should set resource save to off from the printer front
- panel (go into the MEM CONFIG MENU and set
- RESRCSAVE=OFF). Optionally, you can add more memory or
- reduce the resolution.
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- +o If you can not print pdf files you should run
- acroread(1) from the command line (on the print server)
- and accept the license terms and conditions.
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- +o HP LaserJet 4P owners must set the paper size on the
- front panel and make sure it is the same paper size
- specified using the Impressario Options panel. A
- mismatch between the front panel setting and the paper
- size specified in a PCL job can cause a paper jam with
- this printer (this is a limitation of the printer).
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- +o The file /usr/lib/filetype/install/Image.ftr can cause
- Jpeg files to not be printed if it exists. This file
- should be removed (or moved to another directory).
- After removing, cd to /usr/lib/filetype and type "make
- clobber" then "make" as root to rebuild the filetype
- rules. Jpeg files should then print.
- (/usr/lib/filetype/install/Image.ftr was distributed
- with some IRIX 5.3 software bundles and is not needed
- in IRIX 6.2 (or higher)).
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- %%[ Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: findfont ]%%
- %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be
- ignored ]%% Helvetica not found, using Courier. %%[
- Error: invalidfont; OffendingCommand: findfont ]%% %%[
- Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored
- ]%% laserjetPJL: ERROR: No data read from input stream!
- laserjetPJL: Not a valid tiff stream %%[ Error:
- invalidfont; OffendingCommand: findfont ]%% %%[
- Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored
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- it means dps_eoe and/or x_eoe.sw.xdps have not been
- installed. The directory /usr/lib/DPS is probably
- missing AdobeFonts.upr which is built after
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- dps_eoe.sw.dps using the makepsres(1) command builds
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- +o You may see this message in /var/spool/lp/log using an
- older Apple Laserwriter via a serial connection on an
- Octane system:
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- laserwriter: The PostScript job being printed returned this 4 character >
- message:']%%
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- The above message can be ignored (the jobs will still
- print).
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- +o If your fonts do not appear correct in the printed
- output or fonts of one type are being substituted for
- another type you may not have all of the available
- fonts loaded on the print server. Verify the subsystem
- x_eoe.sw.Xfonts is loaded with the command "versions
- -av x_eoe.sw.Xfonts". If nothing is listed from the
- versions command then it is not installed. If it is
- not installed, you can install it from your IRIX CD.
- Note that x_eoe.sw.Xfonts is not loaded by default on
- server systems (any system that does not have a
- graphics head).
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- +o If you get these errors in ~lp/log for a serial
- printer:
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- laserwriter: Error querying device attributes. Reason:
- Invalid argument. UX:cat: ERROR: Write error (0/4096
- characters written): Broken pipe
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- check to see if another process is running on the port
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- ps -ef|grep tty
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- The midi process running on the same port as a printer
- can cause this problem.
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- +o The level II PostScript interpreter used in Impressario
- 2.0 uses Color Rendering Dictionaries (CRDs) to color
- correct PostScript files that specify color in CIE
- color space. PostScript files that do not use the CIE
- color space can not be color corrected (an example are
- PostScript files generated by ShowCase and Netscape).
- A rudimentary color correction can be achieved by
- converting these PostScript files to tiff images and
- then print the tiff image using psrip. To do this, use
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- cat file.ps | /usr/lib/print/psrip -B8 -Crgb | lp
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- where file.ps is an existing PostScript file. Note
- that psrip is the software licensed Adobe PostScript
- interpreter and it is likely that psrip will only run
- on the print server.
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- +o If you run gscan on a dual head (XL-XL) 8-24 bit
- graphics system gscan will not redraw the red box it
- uses to outline the scan area if the gscan window is
- moved. gclear can be used to remove the red box in
- this case.
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- By design, IRIX 6.2 (or higher) will not run COFF
- binaries so any Impressario driver that uses COFF
- binaries will not run on IRIX 6.2 (or higher).
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- +o SeikoPrint for Impressario 1.1 contains COFF binaries
- and will not run under IRIX 6.2 (or higher).
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- +o Tektronix PhaserPrint for Impressario 1.0 contains COFF
- binaries. Tektronix will not be supporting Impressario
- 2.0 (or higher). If you are using PhaserPrint for
- Impressario 1.0 you should not update the system to
- IRIX 6.2 (or higher).
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- +o Genicom GenicomPrint 1.1 for Impressario 1.1 and
- GenicomPrint 1.2 for Impressario 1.1 from Genicom
- contain COFF binaries and will not run on IRIX 6.2 (or
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