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.eps file displays with gv but will not print
by Bobatapl
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I am having an aggravating plotting problem with octave-3.0.0-1.3
(gnuplot-4.2.0-72.1) on SuSE 10.2. print ('plot1.eps', '-depsc2'); generates "plot1.eps" just fine. I can display it with 'gv'. However it will not print from gv. It will not print directly from octave using print ('-Pprinter', '-depsc2'); Nor will it print from the command line with 'lpr -Pprinter plot1.eps'. However if I convert it to pdf with ps2pdf or even use eps2eps plot1.eps plot2.eps plot2.eps (or the pdf) files print just fine. I must have some bonehead error in a config file somewhere, but have been unable to find it. I certainly have made sure that the gv and gs default paper size is US letter. I thought maybe it was a PostScript language level problem, but that doesn't seem to be it either. Although I can find no way to specify the level withing octave. I can of course just give up and run every plot through eps2eps, but that shouldn't be necessary, should it? _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by Thomas Weber-8
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On 13/05/08 13:08 -0700, Bob Odom wrote:
> generates "plot1.eps" just fine. I can display it with 'gv'. However it > will not print from gv. It will not print directly from octave using > > print ('-Pprinter', '-depsc2'); > > Nor will it print from the command line with 'lpr -Pprinter plot1.eps'. What print system are you using (probably CUPS). What's in its log files (try setting the loglevel to DEBUG or how it's called there)? Is anything sent to the printer? Thomas _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by Bobatapl
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Thomas,
Yes, I am using CUPS. Here are a few lines from the log file: I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Adding start banner page "none" to job 814. I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Adding end banner page "none" to job 814. I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Job 814 queued on "super" by "odom". I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Started filter /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstops (PID 21414) for job 814. I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Started backend /usr/lib64/cups/backend/lpd (PID 21415) for job 814. E [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] [Job 814] No %%Pages: comment in header! The job seems to be sent to the printer, as the printer screen echoes "odom file_eps" and then after a while "Done: odom file_eps" I have exactly the same problem on a different computer also running SuSE 10.2 and same installations of octave and gnuplot. I am also using CUPS on that machine. Bob On Tue, 13 May 2008, Thomas Weber wrote: > On 13/05/08 13:08 -0700, Bob Odom wrote: >> generates "plot1.eps" just fine. I can display it with 'gv'. However it >> will not print from gv. It will not print directly from octave using >> >> print ('-Pprinter', '-depsc2'); >> >> Nor will it print from the command line with 'lpr -Pprinter plot1.eps'. > > What print system are you using (probably CUPS). What's in its log > files (try setting the loglevel to DEBUG or how it's called there)? Is > anything sent to the printer? > > Thomas > Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by Bobatapl
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Thomas,
I think I found the problem, and it must be in either octave or gnuplot. There is a line in the CUPS error log for a non-printing file: E [13/May/2008:15:03:13 -0700] [Job 818] No %%Pages: comment in header! I looked at a file with no problems, and saw that directly below %%EndProlog is the line %%Page: 1 1 I manually edited the non-printing file and added the line "%%Page: 1 1" directly below the "%%EndProlog" statement. That file now prints. So the problem is in the generation of the PostScript. This seems to be a genuine bug, but is it an octave problem or a gnuplot problem? Bob On Tue, 13 May 2008, Bob Odom wrote: > Thomas, > > Yes, I am using CUPS. Here are a few lines from the log file: > > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Adding start banner page "none" to job > 814. > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Adding end banner page "none" to job 814. I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Job 814 queued on "super" by "odom". > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Started filter > /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstops (PID 21414) for job 814. > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Started backend > /usr/lib64/cups/backend/lpd (PID 21415) for job 814. > E [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] [Job 814] No %%Pages: comment in header! > > The job seems to be sent to the printer, as the printer screen echoes > "odom file_eps" and then after a while "Done: odom file_eps" > > I have exactly the same problem on a different computer also running > SuSE 10.2 and same installations of octave and gnuplot. I am also using > CUPS on that machine. > > Bob > On Tue, 13 May 2008, Thomas Weber wrote: > >> On 13/05/08 13:08 -0700, Bob Odom wrote: >>> generates "plot1.eps" just fine. I can display it with 'gv'. However it >>> will not print from gv. It will not print directly from octave using >>> >>> print ('-Pprinter', '-depsc2'); >>> >>> Nor will it print from the command line with 'lpr -Pprinter plot1.eps'. >> >> What print system are you using (probably CUPS). What's in its log >> files (try setting the loglevel to DEBUG or how it's called there)? Is >> anything sent to the printer? >> >> Thomas >> > _______________________________________________ > Help-octave mailing list > Help-octave@... > https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave > Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by John W. Eaton
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On 13-May-2008, Bob Odom wrote:
| I think I found the problem, and it must be in either octave or gnuplot. | | There is a line in the CUPS error log for a non-printing file: | | E [13/May/2008:15:03:13 -0700] [Job 818] No %%Pages: comment in header! | | I looked at a file with no problems, and saw that directly below | %%EndProlog is the line | %%Page: 1 1 | | I manually edited the non-printing file and added the line "%%Page: 1 1" | directly below the "%%EndProlog" statement. That file now prints. | | So the problem is in the generation of the PostScript. This seems to be | a genuine bug, but is it an octave problem or a gnuplot problem? It must be in gnuplot because gnuplot generates the PostScript, not Octave. jwe _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by Bobatapl
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Yes, I did track it to gnuplot. I guess it's a "feature" not a bug. The
-dps devices don't have that problem, only the -deps devices. I had never run into a .eps file that wouldn't just print. Even eps2eps produces a printable file with a %%Page line in. So I guess it's a "quirk" if not a bug. Thanks to all for the thoughtful posts! Bob On Wed, 14 May 2008, John W. Eaton wrote: > On 13-May-2008, Bob Odom wrote: > > | I think I found the problem, and it must be in either octave or gnuplot. > | > | There is a line in the CUPS error log for a non-printing file: > | > | E [13/May/2008:15:03:13 -0700] [Job 818] No %%Pages: comment in header! > | > | I looked at a file with no problems, and saw that directly below > | %%EndProlog is the line > | %%Page: 1 1 > | > | I manually edited the non-printing file and added the line "%%Page: 1 1" > | directly below the "%%EndProlog" statement. That file now prints. > | > | So the problem is in the generation of the PostScript. This seems to be > | a genuine bug, but is it an octave problem or a gnuplot problem? > > It must be in gnuplot because gnuplot generates the PostScript, not > Octave. > > jwe > Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by stefan pofahl-2
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Hi Bob
you wrote: > I think I found the problem, and it must be in either octave or gnuplot. > There is a line in the CUPS error log for a non-printing file: > E [13/May/2008:15:03:13 -0700] [Job 818] No %%Pages: comment in header! As I understand it, it is not bug, but a feature. That is the difference between *.eps and *.ps, *.ps documents have pages, but *.eps should not have pages, as I understand it, *.eps are for usage in documents, they are not supposed to be stand alone printable documents. Regards, Stefan *** 2008/5/14 Bob Odom <odom@...>: Thomas, -- Tel.: 0731-3805149 Ochsensteige 48 89075 Ulm _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by Ben Abbott
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On May 14, 2008, at 7:04 AM, Stefan Pofahl wrote:
> Hi Bob > > you wrote: > > I think I found the problem, and it must be in either octave or > gnuplot. > > There is a line in the CUPS error log for a non-printing file: > > E [13/May/2008:15:03:13 -0700] [Job 818] No %%Pages: comment in > header! > As I understand it, it is not bug, but a feature. > That is the difference between *.eps and *.ps, > *.ps documents have pages, but *.eps should not have > pages, as I understand it, *.eps are for usage in documents, > they are not supposed to be stand alone printable documents. > > Regards, > > Stefan In the past, I've printed eps files on my Mac. However, if I recall correctly they were converted to pdf files first. I believe ps2pdf does this using Ghostscript ... correct? Ben > 2008/5/14 Bob Odom <odom@...>: > Thomas, > > I think I found the problem, and it must be in either octave or > gnuplot. > > There is a line in the CUPS error log for a non-printing file: > > E [13/May/2008:15:03:13 -0700] [Job 818] No %%Pages: comment in > header! > > I looked at a file with no problems, and saw that directly below > %%EndProlog is the line > %%Page: 1 1 > > I manually edited the non-printing file and added the line "%%Page: > 1 1" > directly below the "%%EndProlog" statement. That file now prints. > > So the problem is in the generation of the PostScript. This seems to > be > a genuine bug, but is it an octave problem or a gnuplot problem? > > Bob > > On Tue, 13 May 2008, Bob Odom wrote: > > > Thomas, > > > > Yes, I am using CUPS. Here are a few lines from the log file: > > > > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Adding start banner page "none" to > job > > 814. > > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Adding end banner page "none" to > job 814. I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Job 814 queued on "super" by > "odom". > > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Started filter > > /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstops (PID 21414) for job 814. > > I [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] Started backend > > /usr/lib64/cups/backend/lpd (PID 21415) for job 814. > > E [13/May/2008:11:45:45 -0700] [Job 814] No %%Pages: comment in > header! > > > > The job seems to be sent to the printer, as the printer screen > echoes > > "odom file_eps" and then after a while "Done: odom file_eps" > > > > I have exactly the same problem on a different computer also running > > SuSE 10.2 and same installations of octave and gnuplot. I am also > using > > CUPS on that machine. > > > > Bob > > On Tue, 13 May 2008, Thomas Weber wrote: > > > >> On 13/05/08 13:08 -0700, Bob Odom wrote: > >>> generates "plot1.eps" just fine. I can display it with 'gv'. > However it > >>> will not print from gv. It will not print directly from octave > using > >>> > >>> print ('-Pprinter', '-depsc2'); > >>> > >>> Nor will it print from the command line with 'lpr -Pprinter > plot1.eps'. > >> > >> What print system are you using (probably CUPS). What's in its log > >> files (try setting the loglevel to DEBUG or how it's called > there)? Is > >> anything sent to the printer? > >> > >> Thomas > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Help-octave mailing list > > Help-octave@... > > https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-octave mailing list > Help-octave@... > https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave > > > > -- > Tel.: 0731-3805149 > Ochsensteige 48 > 89075 Ulm _______________________________________________ > Help-octave mailing list > Help-octave@... > https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: .eps file displays with gv but will not print
by Przemek Klosowski
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It is possible that the postscript file contains something that the
postscript interpreter in the printer chokes on. If you don't have PS error printing turned on (which is the usual default), the end effect is that the printer data light blinks briefly and nothing comes out. Actually that's somethign that you could check easily: send the print job and see if the printer goes off the READY state and if it appears to be getting data. If it is, go to the printer front panel config menus and turn PS printing on, and see if that gives you an indication of the cause. _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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