Re: flexfax: Trouble with buggy postscript (was: test file if valid fax-format)

[Andreas Hoedle <hoedle@kwsoft.de>]

Jay Davis schrieb:
> 
> You are running into a problem that you might have with a number
> of specific postscipt drivers for various printers. What happens is
> that the printers are not always in postscript mode so that a number
> of characters or multiple lines of codes are sent before the postscript
> in oder to switch the printer to postscript mode. You have a number of
> choices:
> 1. Strip the codes out (in your case, the first 3 lines)
> 2. Set an option on the printer driver not to send the codes (if availabe)
> 3. Use a different printer driver
> 
> The best option may be to simply use Adobe's postscript driver with the
> Generic PPD. This can be found on Adobe's web site.
> 
> Jay Davis
> 
> Andreas Hoedle wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > Thanxs for the help with the tiff-check. With this help i fix the
> > problem down on an other stage.
> >
> > Configuration as follow:
> > HylaFAX 4.1beta2
> > SuSE Linux 6.2
> > WHFC 1.07 on WinNT SP5
> > Printer Driver Lexmark Optra 2455 PS
> >
> > The problem is that the printer driver on the NT box create a postscript
> > like the following lines :
> > > ^[%-12345X@PJL JOB
> > > @PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "AdmGuide.pdf"
> > > @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = Postscript
> > > %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> > > ....
> >
> > when i feed this to "ps2fax" and the send it with "sendfax" all works
> > well. When i using WHFC to send from my NT box i get the message "sucess
> > sending 0 pages". I guess HylaFAX don't recognize this as postscript? I
> > have tried to change the "typerules" file but i'm not sure if that works
> > (and how to handle the "^]" at the beginning). Could anybody explain how
> > the sequence of program/scripts is that handles the file types or where
> > i can change the config to deliever this files to "ps2fax" and send it?
> >
> > I have trouble with the printer driver "Apple Laserwriter" which is
> > recommended for WHFC (don't convert some PDF-files) so i have to look
> > for an other PS driver.
> >
> > Thanxs for any help
> >
> > Andreas

Hello
unfortunately the Adobe printer driver also generates an conversion
error with the mentioned PDF-files :-(

Any possibility to get buggy postscript delieverd to "ps2fax" ??

Thanxs

Andreas