[Scribus] Re: can't print graphics -- you're using the Postscript driver, correct?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 18:33, Gracia M. Littauer wrote:
> Strange problem. My printer works with all my programs except scribus. I 
> can print text, but not if the file has a picture in it, or just a 
> picture file. The printer, Laserjet HP4m, is busy for about 5 blinks & 
> then just stops.
> I have checked the printer's CUPS configuration...it even prints in 
> gimp! Tried all the tricks we could think of...nothing.

I assume you're using the Postscript driver, and not the HP LaserJet 4
driver.  If not, switch, graphics are the first thing that will hang a
PCL driven printer in _any_ OS.  Unless, of course, the LJ4M doesn't
support Postscript (I thought it comes with it by default ... or is that
the "Plus" models?).

Secondly, I assume you're sending all ASCII85 and not any binary to the
printer.  Does Scribus attempt to send binary Postscript at all?  Is it
configurable to send ASCII85 encoded instead?


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