Test page error ....

["G. Gonzalez" <gil71@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi....

I am currently trying to use the apsfilter SETUP   program in order to
get my HP LaserJet III working. The printer works fine in windows and
this is seriously an aps or ghostscript problem. I have set up the
printer using the correct driver (It's really hard to pick the WRONG
driver with a LaserJetIII in your program).  My config looks as follows:

cleaning global config file...
looking for available filter programs on this system...
missing filter a2ps
missing filter acroread
missing filter acroread4
found filter bmptoppm
found filter djpeg
missing filter dvips
missing filter fig2dev
missing filter g3cat
found filter g3topbm
found filter giftopnm
found filter groff
found filter grog
found filter gs
found filter html2ps
missing filter pnmtolps
found filter ppmtopgm
found filter pnmtops
missing filter ras2ps[ press <RETURN> to continue ]

found filter rasttopnm
missing filter recode
missing filter tifftopnm
missing filter bunzip
found filter bunzip2
found filter compress
found filter compress
found filter gzip
missing filter melt
missing filter pack


[ press <RETURN> to continue ]

==================================================================
          A P S F I L T E R   S E T U P                   -- MAIN MENUE
--

==================================================================

                                                        currently
selected

------------------------------------------------------------------
        (D)     Available Device Drivers in your gs binary         (gs
-h)
        (R)     Read Ghostscript driver documentation
(devices.txt)
        (1)     Printer Driver Selection                     [ljet3]
        (2)     Interface Setup                              [parallel]

        For printing the test page:
        (3)     Paper Format (mandatory)                [letter]
        (4)     Print Resolution in "dots per inch"     [default]
        (5)     Toggle Monochrom/Color (1bpp=b&w)       [default]
        (T)     Print Test Page, on local or Windows remote prt.(after
1-5)
        (V)     View perf.log (times of print attempts)

        (C)     ==> Continue printer setup with values shown above

        (Q)     Quit Setup

        Your choice ?         Creating the test output might last some
time, please be patient.

        T)  Print a test page on local or windows remote printer (samba)

        *)  Back to main menue

Your choice ? t
Printing Test page using: cat /home/macer/apsfilter/setup/test.ps | gs
-q -sDEVICE=ljet3 -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER
-sOutputFile=/aps_testout.18242 redir_gs_msg.ps -_
Ok, to print testpage ? [y/n]
Unrecoverable error: typecheck in Unrecoverable error: typecheck in
Unrecoverable error: typecheck in Unrecoverable error: Unrecoverable
error: execstackoverflow in Unrecoverable error: typecheck in
Unrecoverable error: typecheck in Unrecoverable error: typecheck in
Unrecoverable error: Unrecoverable error: execstackoverflow in
Unrecoverable error: typecheck in Unrecoverable error: typecheck in
Unrecoverable error: typecheck in Unrecoverable error: Unrecoverable
error: execst

... This continues on until I press ctrl-C


The system is running Slackware Linux 7. I recently compiled and
installed gs 6.1 (which seems to work just fine). The printer works fine
in Windows so I know it can not be a printer problem. It also works fine
in Linux (although since my printcap is not correct it doesn't even
allow me to print even ascii text which is really annoying). I used your
program before on an Okidata 600e laser printer with great results.  I
would really like to use this old LJIII on my Linux box and move the
crappy Okidata over to the Windows box. I print much more in Linux then
I do in Windows seeing as I use this box for my internet/networking
stuff and the Windows box for my games and sound editing. If you have
any ideas... I would greatly appreicate them. Thank you very much for
your time, and I am sorry to bother.

G. Gonzalez
gili71@iols.net

PS: Could this just be a bad gs compile? GS Runs in X and also runs in
the term. The only reason I updated was because you had a warning saying
I would not be able to use all of the apsfilter features unless
I updated gs. :) PLEASE HELP! There's trees to be killed.
Thanks again.




And this is what happens....