Re: [Printing-user-general] ESP GhostScript pstoraster filter error

Hi Daryl,

When ESP GhostScript is installed and you get the error mentioned in your
posting, it can frequently mean the following:

During the ESP GhostScript installation process on the server in question,
the path to the fonts needed by ESP GhostScript, in order to function
correctly, was either not defined or defined incorrectly.

You should check the dependencies for ESP GhostScript on your machine and
determine where the Font folder was installed and then verify ESP
GhostScript should be able to find it.

If this is the problem, once the path issue is resolved and the fonts are
visible to ESP GhostScript, it should work correctly.

HTH

Best Regards,

/Paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Daryl
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:50 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Printing-user-general] ESP GhostScript pstoraster filter error
> 
> A message in my error log states... 'Unable to convert file 0 to printable
> 
> format forjob 23!'.
> 
> The meaning of this message, according to the FAQ's at...
> http://linuxprinting.org/error_log-faq.html#q_3_12 is
> 
> '...this is caused by not having the pstoraster filter included in ESP
> GhostScript, or not having applied the GhostScript patches in the
> pstoraster directory of the GNU GhostScript sources. You need to install
> ESP GhostScript or the patch starting with CUPS 1.1.15.
> It may also be necessary to compile ESP GhostScript against your current
> version of CUPS.'
> 
> 1) As you can see, I have ESP GhostScript installed...
> 
> debian:/home/daryl# dpkg -l | grep esp
> ii  gs-esp         7.07.1-9       The Ghostscript PostScript interpreter -
> ESP
> 
> If I have ESP GhostScript, which includes the pstoraster filter, how can
> the
> statement '...this is caused by not having the pstoraster filter included
> in
> ESP GhostScript' be true?
> 
> 2) Is GNU GhostScript an option to use in place of ESP GhostScript?
>    I tried to see if I have, or can install GNU GhostScript and I can't
> find it
> anywhere.
>    I'm assuming that GNU GS is not needed or recommended since I have ESP
> GS.
> 
> Daryl...
> 
> 
> 
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