Digital BW, The Print

Hi Roger,

At the risk of jumping the gun on a diagnosis, one problem that has shown
up is a roll/sheet paper inconsistency.  If you edit the PPD file and remove
the 7 line section referring to InputSlot you might solve the problem.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roger L Sopher" <rlsopher@c...> 
wrote:
> Hi Roy,
> 
> I'll load up one of the Linux versions (probably Fedora) as a clean new
> install and make a run. I should be able to get you the error log in a day
> or two. I thought I had all this in my notes but I probably tossed it in a
> fit of house keeping. My desk doesn't reflect it but the pile has to be kept
> to a reasonable height :-)
> 
> Briefly what happens is that QTR  processes the image, sends it to the print
> queue and then it just bails out without printing. This is the same behavior
> we saw earlier in the game with RH 9 that Dave Wroblewski's quad.convs
> fixed. That similarity is what makes me think the problem might be in the
> filter. I tried using quad.convs and when it didn't work pulled that and
> then  I modified the filter settings directly so that the sum would force it
> to use the proper sequence. That didn't work either.  With Fedora I could
> print with the 860 (since sent to printer heaven...) but not the 2200. There
> seems to be a change in the way gimp-print functions in the newer rpm based
> distros???? I haven't tried one of the debian based distros. Using the 2200
> ppd from gimp-print it will print without a problem but, of course, lacks
> the QTR features.
> 
> This is more of an intellectual challenge since I can print with my old Mac
> albeit a bit slower and for a few bucks I can pick up a G4 dual 533 that
> will not have the limitations of the old Beige Box. On the other hand, Linux
> is becoming more mature with every iteration and for many purposes is easily
> the equal of Windows and is far more stable and much less prone to attack by
> idiot script kiddies. Since by using CrossOver one can use the windows
> version of photoshop within Linux it makes a killer printing system. But...
> I am not enough of a Unix/Linux maven to dig out the problem.
> 
> Roger
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Roy Harrington [mailto:roy@h...]
>   Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:43 AM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros
> 
> 
> 
>   Hi Roger,
> 
>   What are the symptoms of the problem?
>   It would be best to email me the errors and also the last page
>   of the gimp errorlog.
> 
>   Roy
> 
> 
> 
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