-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Harrington [mailto:roy@...]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:30 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QTR & Linux Distros
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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